Study Hall et al. (1999): study US 1996

Public

Tetraplegia patients 14-24 years after injury, United States, 1996

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 82

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
When telephone interview was not possible, face-to-face interviews or mailed questionnaires were used.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Ventilator assistance

Our Classification

Distribution

VI: N=66    VA: N=16

Operationalization

People with tetraplegia may have a severely compromised, or lost ability to breathe without ventilator assistance. Ventilator-assisted ersons must have someone available to respond to possible crises 24 hours a day.

1: Ventilator independent (VI)
2: Ventilator assisted (VA)

Observed Relation with Happiness