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Fatigue and Anger in People With Spinal Cord Injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2012

Nirupama Wijesuriya ,
Ashley Craig ,
Yvonne Tran  and
James Middleton
Nirupama Wijesuriya
Affiliation:
Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Sydney Medical School — Northern, The University of Sydney, Australia, 1680
Ashley Craig*
Affiliation:
Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Sydney Medical School — Northern, The University of Sydney, Australia, 1680
Yvonne Tran
Affiliation:
Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Sydney Medical School — Northern, The University of Sydney, Australia, 1680 Key University Centre for Health Technologies, University of Technology, Australia
James Middleton
Affiliation:
Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Sydney Medical School — Northern, The University of Sydney, Australia, 1680
*
Address for correspondence: Professor Ashley Craig, Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Sydney Medical School — Northern, The University of Sydney, PO Box 6, Ryde NSWAustralia, 1680. E-mail: a.craig@sydney.edu.au
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Abstract

This study investigated fatigue and anger in people with SCI. Participants were 27 adults with SCI living in the community (males = 26, females = 1; mean age = 50 years, SD = 9.47 years) and a comparison group of 27 other adults without SCI. Data about their experience of fatigue and anger were collected using the Chalder Fatigue Scale and the Profile of Mood States. Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA by ranks and chi-square analyses were used to determine whether the SCI participants had elevated levels of fatigue and anger than the typical or noninjured community group. Persons with SCI reported significantly elevated fatigue and elevated levels of anger than typical others. These findings are discussed with reference to adjustment following SCI, and interpreted in light of the Stress Appraisal and Coping Model (SAC) of adjustment following SCI.

Keywords

fatigueangerspinal cord injuryneurotraumanegative mood
Type
Brief Report
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The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , July 2012 , pp. 60 - 65
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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