Experience of pain among people with traumatic spinal cord injury

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to explore the pain experience of traumatic spinal cord injury patients. Objectives: To find out the pain experience of patients with traumatic spinal cord injury. Methodology: A cross sectional research design was carried out in this study, the convenience sampling method was used to collect data and data was collected by face to face interview from 58 subjects. To find out pain experience the spinal cord injury pain questionnaire was used. Results: The findings of the study was 93.3% of participants experiencing pain following traumatic spinal cord injury. Among of the total participants 89.7% were male and 10.3% were female where mean pain severity was 6.45 in VAS and most of the participants 50% (n=36) complained of moderate pain perception. Conclusion: The finding result was 93.3% people with traumatic spinal cord injury experiencing pain which was comparable to the background study about the title. The results of this study may provide more valuable option to treat the SCI patients. The study results may also useful for the prevention of reducing the pain percentage. Key words: Pain, traumatic spinal cord injury.