UNASSIGNED: Background: Health-related quality-of-life (HR-QOL) may be affected by various factors including injury-related characteristics among individuals with @entity1566 ( @entity1566 ). However, the impact of the influence of these variables has not yet been fully described in Iranian population. Here, we assessed the relationships between injury-related characteristics and HR-QOL among Iranian @entity1 with @entity1566 . Methods: HR-QOL was assessed using short-form health survey (SF-36). Referred @entity1 to Brain and @entity3510 Research Center between 2010 and 2012 were invited to participate in this investigation. Injury-related characteristics including injury level and completeness, time since injury, plegia type, and American @entity3510 Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale were evaluated. Results: Total of 104 @entity1 (85 @entity1 and 19 @entity1 ) entered the study. The majority of @entity1 had a complete injury (77.9%). The most frequent ASIA score was A (75%), and the most common level of injury was at thoracic sections (61.5%). @entity130 levels were associated with higher scores in physical component summary (P = 0.040), mental component summary (P = 0.010) and subsequently total score (P = 0.006). Mean age and time since injury were 52.58    12.69 and 10.88    16.68 years, respectively, and were not related with HR-QOL (P = 0.70 and 0.220, respectively). There was no difference in terms of HR-QOL between @entity1 with complete and @entity130 . Paraplegic individuals had significantly higher scores in the domain of physical functioning compared to @entity1 with @entity1688 (P = 0.007). Conclusion: lower injury level is a significant predictor of better QOL among individuals with @entity1566 whereas other injury-related characteristics including completeness, time since @entity130 may not influence HR-QOL.

Injury-related characteristics and quality-of-life among Iranian individuals with XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['men', 'women', 'patients', 'people'] @entity1688 :: ('MESH:D011782', 'Disease') :: ['tetraplegia'] @entity3510 :: ('MESH:D013124', 'Disease') :: ['Spinal Injury'] @entity1566 :: ('MESH:D013119', 'Disease') :: ['spinal cord injury', 'SCI'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['incomplete injury', 'injury and plegia type', 'Lower injury']
@entity1566 :: (MESH:D013119,Disease) :: ['spinal cord injury']
