title: Assessment of the quality of life of spinal cord injury patients in Peshawar.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the quality of life of spinal cord injury patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study was conducted at Paraplegic Centre Hayatabad, Peshawar, Pakistan, from November 2015 to January 2016, and comprised spinal cord injury patients. A 26-item World Health Organisation quality of life questionnaire was used. Some of the patients were recruited from the paraplegic centre while others participated by filling an online questionnaire. SPSS 20 was used for data analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 54 participants, 35(64.8%) were male and 19(35.2%) were female. Besides, 50(92.6%) participants were paraplegic while 4(7.4%) were tetraplegic. The overall mean score for the physical health domain was 54.79±18.39, psychological health domain 52.33±19.37, social relationship 58.79±20.69 and environmental domain 54.11±17.25.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with spinal cord injuries had moderate level of quality of life.
authors.affiliation: College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar, DPT (Khyber Medical University, Peshawar), MSPT*(Khyber Medical University, Peshawar), Pakistan.
authors.forename: Sayed Zulfiqar
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Ali Shah
authors.affiliation: Physical Therapist, Rafsan Neuro Rehabilitation Center, Peshawar, DPT (Khyber Medical University, Peshawar), MSPT* (Khyber Medical University, Peshawar), Pakistan.
authors.affiliation: CEO Paraplegic Center, Hayatabad, Peshawar, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Syed Mohammad
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ilyas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy
keywords:  Quality of life, Spinal cord injury, Cross-sectional survey, Satisfied, Dissatisfied, WHO-BREF, Health.