title: Predictors of personal care assistance for people with spinal cord injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the predictors of personal care assistance (PCA) use in people with spinal cord injury (SCI).
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional.
  
  
  METHODS
  Follow-up of individuals crossing their 1st, 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, or 25th anniversary of injury who underwent their initial rehabilitation at a Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems center.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 2154 participants (2547 records) who met the inclusion criteria for the National Spinal Cord Injury Database and had valid values for the main outcome measures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
  
  
  METHODS
  Daily hours of paid, unpaid, and occasional PCA services.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Differences in an interval version of the motor portion of the FIM trade mark instrument accounted for 26.3% of the variance in total PCA hours, Model Systems differences accounted for 9.3%, and no other predictor accounted for more than 2.1% of the variance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Activities of daily living functioning, as measured by the motor portion of the FIM, was the strongest predictor of PCA use among people with SCI.
authors.affiliation: Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Weitzenkamp
authors.forename: Gale G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Whiteneck
authors.forename: Daniel P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Lammertse
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011336:Probability; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*