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An Evaluation of Spinal Cord Injury Patients at the end of five years after discharge from CRP

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dc.contributor.author Rahman, Akhlasur
dc.date.accessioned 2018-12-20T05:45:37Z
dc.date.available 2018-12-20T05:45:37Z
dc.date.issued 2018-05-30
dc.identifier.citation Includes bibliographical references (page 76-82) en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/331
dc.description A thesis is submitted to the SSARC Regional Interprofessional Master’s Program in Rehabilitation Science of Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) in conformity with the requirements for the Degree of M.Sc. in Rehabilitation Science, Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh: en_US
dc.description.abstract Background: The incidence of spinal cord injury continues to be increasing day by day throughout the world but the incidence rate is higher in low income countries. Life expectancy after SCI is markedly reduced due to secondary complications, severity of injury, social deprivation, and lack of proper rehabilitation. Most common and life threatening secondary complications in resource poor settings are pressure sore, urinary tract infection, contractures, chronic pain, deep vein thrombosis etc. Objective: The main objective of the study was to determine current status of person with SCI who had discharged from hospital 5 years ago. Method: This was a cohort retrospective observational study of the spinal cord injury patients admitted for rehabilitation at Centre for Rehabilitation of Paralysed (CRP) in Bangladesh in 2011.Sample size was estimated according to following formula with 95% confidence level, 5% margin of error and a total population of 295 patients, from that sample size was 168. But50 patients were being interviewed from that by using simple random sampling in the Microsoft Excel Worksheet. Records of all admitted patients with spinal injuries from January 2011 to December 2011 were followed up by phone call and home visits were carried out when needed. Researcher used preforms pretested scale of SCI secondary condition, WHODAS scale, SF-12 scale, CESDE-R scale and questionnaire about his activities. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher (Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh:, 2018-06-30) en_US
dc.subject Spinal Cord Injury en_US
dc.subject Rehabilitation en_US
dc.subject Pressure sore en_US
dc.subject CESDE-R scale en_US
dc.subject Questionnaire en_US
dc.title An Evaluation of Spinal Cord Injury Patients at the end of five years after discharge from CRP en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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