Abstract
Method The Norwegian sample consisted of 57 adults registered with the Norwegian Association of SB and Hydrocephalus. Adults included 38 females and 19 males, mean age 31.8 years (17 – 54 years). The Oregon sample included 34 adults attending the Child Development Rehabilitation Center, at Oregon Health Science University. Adults included 15 females and 19 males, mean age of 29.5 (17 – 49 years.) By postal survey, information was obtained assessing subjective QoL (WHOQOL – BREF, psychological distress (Hopkins Symptom Checklist), disability cognitions (Harowitz Impact of Events Scale) coping efforts (Lazarus Revised Ways of Coping Checklist), and cognitive difficulties (1item and Broadbent Cognitive Failures Questionnaire).
Highlights
The goal of treatment of persons with spina bifida (SB) is to add quality to their living
50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this supplement is available here.
Two multiple regressions equations were explored to assess the predictive strength of generic QoL, psychological distress, disability cognitions, coping efforts, cognitive difficulties and country on 1- item overall QoL in a pooled model
Summary
Address: 1Dept. of Nursing Research, Diakonova University, Linstowsgate 6, 0166 Oslo, Norway and 2Spina Bifida Program, Health and Science University, PO Box 574, Portland, Oregon, USA. 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this supplement is available here.
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