Rehabilitation psychology
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Rehabilitation psychology · Feb 2009
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative StudyImproving the quality of life of caregivers of persons with spinal cord injury: a randomized controlled trial.
To assess the efficacy of two psychosocial interventions for caregivers of older persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). ⋯ Caregivers are in need of and can benefit from interventions that help them manage the medical and functional limitations of the care recipient. Intervention strategies that target both the caregiver and care recipient are particularly promising strategies for improving the quality of life of caregivers.
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To establish psychometric properties of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ), a measure of avoidance, in medical rehabilitation populations. ⋯ Findings provide preliminary support that the AAQ is reliable and valid in medical populations and that avoidance plays an important role in rehabilitation outcomes.