title: A psychological study of spinal cord injured patients involved in the Madras Paraplegia Project.
abstract: The psychological features of spinal cord injured (SCI) patients involved in the Madras Paraplegia Project are described. Three hundred and twenty-eight patients were studied. Based on personality tests, 11% were extroverts, 14% were introverts and 76% were neither extroverts nor introverts. Twenty-four percent of the subjects were neurotic, 11% had a depressive illness, and 26% had pathological anxiety. The study has highlighted the psychological status of SCI patients, and the usefulness of a psychiatric team in the multidisciplinary care of such patients. This is probably the first large psychological study of SCI patients from a developing country.
authors: Madras Medical College, India.
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Somasundaram
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Balakrishnan
authors: O S
authors: OS
authors: Ravindran
authors: T K
authors: TK
authors: Shanmugasundaram
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*