Mental health status of people with spinal cord injury after the completion of fitness session

Abstract

Background: Spinal cord injury is a injury to the spinal cord that can be caused by traumatic or non-traumatic resulting a wide range of impairments, activity limitations and participations restrictions. Objectives: To find out mental health effects of people with spinal cord injury after the completion of fitness sessions. Methodology: The study design was cross-sectional. A total of 50 samples were selected conveniently for this study from the Centre for the rehabilitation of the paralyzed (CRP), Spinal cord injury unit, at Savar. Data was collected by using of structured questionnaire and mental health was assessed by Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7). The study was conducted by using quantitative descriptive analysis through SPSS software 20.0 version. Results: Among the respondents, most of them were male where 60% were married & 40% unmarried. Paraplegic patients were greater than tetraplegic patients, 40% had incomplete-B in American Spinal Injury Association scale. Most of them have mild depression and moderate anxiety level, which indicates their mental health status level. Conclusions: A significant portion of SCI patients were found to be mildly depressed because of including in a fitness sessions. And the level of depression is much less among paraplegic patients. But the level of anxiety is moderate among most of the patients after completing a fitness sessions. Keywords: Mental health, Spinal cord injury, Fitness session.