Depression and subjective well-being among 97 American Indians with spinal cord injury: A descriptive study.

ABSTRACT. Objective: To measure both clinical and nonclinical aspects of depression and subjective well-being (SWB) among a sample of American Indians with spinal cord injury (SCI) and to identify factors associated with depression and SWB. Study Design: Interviews were conducted by telephone with all participants except those who did not have telephones (who returned materials by mail). Setting: A large rehabilitation hospital in the western-Rocky Mountain region of the United States. Participants: Ninety-seven American Indians with SCI completed a health-related interview that included measures of depression and SWB. All participants were adults with traumatic SCI of at least 1 year in duration, most of whom lived on reservations. Main Outcome Measures: Measures of biographic and injury status, depression, SWB, activities, and health-related behaviors. Results: The American Indian sample reported elevated levels of depression and diminished SWB in 5 of 8 areas relative to previous studies on non-American Indians with SCI. Hierarchical multiple regression accounted for 59% of the variance in depression scores and between 10% and 52% of the variance in SWB scales… (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)