Spinal Cord Injury Functional Impairment and Caregiver Mental Health in a colombian sample: An exploratory study

Stephen K. Trapp; Gillian G. Leibach; Paul B. Perrin; Alejandra Morlett; Silvia Leonor Olivera; José Libardo Perdomo; José Anselmo Arango; Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla

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dc.creator	Stephen K. Trapp
dc.creator	Gillian G. Leibach
dc.creator	Paul B. Perrin
dc.creator	Alejandra Morlett
dc.creator	Silvia Leonor Olivera
dc.creator	José Libardo Perdomo
dc.creator	José Anselmo Arango
dc.creator	Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla
dc.date	2015
dc.date.accessioned	2022-03-22T20:29:15Z
dc.date.available	2022-03-22T20:29:15Z
dc.identifier	http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=21342681004
dc.identifier.uri	http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/105328
dc.description	Limited literature has examined the connections between caregiver mental health and the physical and psychosocial functioning of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) in Latin America, despite the dearth of services and unique needs of this population. The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationships between caregiver mental health (anxiety, burden, depression, satisfaction with life, and self-esteem) and SCI physical and psychosocial functional impairments in a Colombian sample. Forty SCI caregivers were recruited from Neiva, Colombia, and completed measures of SCI impairments and their own mental health. Greater SCI impairments, and caregiver stress due to those impairments, were associated with higher caregiver depression and anxiety, although only patient psychosocial functional impairments and related caregiver stress were uniquely associated with caregiver depression. Due to the collectivist nature of and the importance of family in many Latino cultures, mental health interventions for family members who provide care for an individual with SCI having greater psychosocial impairments may be particularly important.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Universidad del Norte
dc.relation	http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=213
dc.rights	Psicología desde el Caribe
dc.source	Psicología desde el Caribe (Colombia) Num.3 Vol.32
dc.subject	Psicología
dc.subject	SCI impairment
dc.subject	caregivers
dc.subject	mental health
dc.title	Spinal Cord Injury Functional Impairment and Caregiver Mental Health in a colombian sample: An exploratory study
dc.type	artículo científico