Subgroups in epidemiological studies on spinal cord injury: Evaluation of international recommendations in the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study.
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https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-2029Keywords:
spinal cord injury, health survey, classification, statistical distributions, methodology, reporting, International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To test subgroups of a community-based sample of individuals with spinal cord injury, categorized by the application of current recommendations by the International Spinal Cord Society. DESIGN: Community survey. PARTICIPANTS: Individuals with traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injury residing in Switzerland. METHODS: Recommended subgroups of age, gender, years since injury, severity of injury and aetiology were tested against the following criteria: (i) distribution of participants across categoriesDownloads
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