Self-efficacy of people with spinal cord injury after rehabilitation

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of self-efficacy of people with spinal cord injury after rehabilitation. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to find out the health and wellbeing condition, identify the personal function status, ascertain the social function state, determine the general activity properties, discover the limitation in everyday activities among the SCI patients. Methodology: The crosssectional study was chosen to carry out this study among 45 participants who were selected according to inclusion criteria. The “Moorong Self-Efficacy Scale” (MSES), this standard structured questionnaire along with socio-demographic and disease-related questions were used to find the level of self-efficacy of people with spinal cord injury after rehabilitation among 45 participants. The study was conducted by using quantitative descriptive analysis. Result: The study comprised of 45 SCI participants among them 86.7% (n = 39) were male and 13.3% (n = 6) were female and 71.1% (n = 32) were paraplegic and 28.9% (n = 13) were tetraplegic. The study showed an association between MSES items and socio-demographic variables age, gender educational qualification, occupation, skeletal level of injury, neurological level of injury, cause of lesion, type of paralysis with a 5% (p<0.05) level of significance. Conclusion: Enhancing self-efficacy has been described as a target in the rehabilitation of SCI. Successful rehabilitation involves reintegration into the community and psychological adjustment to disability and changed life circumstances. One psychological variable that has been the subject of a recent study concerning health outcomes in people with a range of medical conditions is self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is important to the psychosocial accommodation of all persons, including those with SCI. Keywords: Self-Efficacy, Spinal Cord Injury, MSES, Rehabilitation.