Independence measurement of paraplegic spinal cord injury patients in re-integration phase at CRP

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to measure the independency of paraplegic SCI patients in their re-integration period. Objectives: The objectives were to find out the independence measurement of a group of paraplegic patients with spinal cord injury being achieved in re-integration period at CRP and to assess the socio-demographic characteristics, self-care ability, mobility getting along with paraplegic SCI patients. Methodology: The study design was cross-sectional study. 51 samples were conveniently selected from re-integration phase at CRP who are transferred half way hostel from June 2021 to October 2021. Among them 90.2% (n=46) were male and 9.8% (n=5) wee female. Data was collected by SCIM scale and it was analyzed by SPSS software version 20.0. Result: After analyzing data result was found the recovery level of functions. The study shows that out of 51 respondents, 33.3% were in the adolescent group ranging from 11 to 20 years. The number of male respondents are higher than females. The major cause of SCI of the study was traumatic. In this study, 86.3% male and 9.8% female did not need any assistance for feeding in re-integration phase. But this study didn‘t find any statistically significant between sex and recovery self- care activities. Maximum participants‘ age range was 11-20 years (33.3%) who became independent in feeding in re-integration unit. 23.5% people became independent in re-integration phase of 21-30 years aged people. On the other hand, between 31-60 years of people, little amount of people became full independent in feeding in re-integration phase. Conclusion: SCI is a consequence which may impact a person‘s whole life. The results of this study provide more insight into the functional independents of a group of patients with spinal cord injury. Key words: Spinal cord injury, functional recovery, activity of daily livings.