Abstract:
Purpose: To identify the characterization of spinal cord lesion in Bangladesh.
Objective: To explore socio-demography information, to identify traumatic causes
associated with spinal cord injury and to find out non-traumatic causes of spinal cord
injury in Bangladesh. Methodology: The study design was descriptive cross sectional
study. Total 94 samples were selected by purposive sampling from inpatient of Centre
for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP). Data was collected by mixed type
questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis which focused
through table, pie chart and bar chart. Result: Age of the studied subject range
between 8-60 years. Most of them were male (n=85, 90.4%). This study shows major
traumatic causes of spinal cord injury were fall (n=62, 66%) and motor vehicle
accident (n=25, 18.2%). Major types of fall include fall from height (36.3%), fall
from roof (10.6%), fall heavy weight on back (15.9%). Major causes for non-
traumatic spinal cord lesion were Pptt's disease (3.2%) and spinal tumour (2.1%). The
main working areas during spinal cord injury were farm/ranch (44.7%), street
(19.1%), home area (12.8%) and construction area (3.5%).Conclusion: Fall from height, fall have weight on back, road traffic accident and pott's diseases are the major causes of spinal cord lesion in Bangladesh. The victims are mostly young. Most
of the injuries are found in farm/ranch and home area during working.
