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BURBANO LOPEZ, Consuelo; MENDOZA, Diana; MONTES, Manuel  e  ARISTIZABAL, Juan Carlos. Physiological and psychological factors in rehabilitation of persons with traumatic of spinal cord. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2016, vol.10, n.1, pp.47-52. ISSN 1900-2386.

Abstract The comprehensive rehabilitation of people with spinal cord trauma takes into account the person as a whole being in the physical, emotional and social sense; therefore, it is necessary to investigate how these factors interact and affect their quality of life. The objective was determining the interrelation between the physiological and psychological factors on rehabilitation of people with spinal cord trauma from the theory of unpleasant symptoms Elizabeth Lenz. A transversal descriptive study, with 51 people. The independent variables were ASIA classification, the level of injury, and gender; the dependent variables were the physiological and psychological factors. A univariate analysis, the t- test was applied to identify statistically significant differences. The autonomic dysreflexia and both bladder as well as bowel dysfunction, are symptoms that generate states of depression and expression of anger, and are more evident in men. The support is required in the care of these factors during la integral rehabilitation.

Palavras-chave : depression; anxiety; anger; spinal cord injury.

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