Perception about vocational training among the spinal cord injury patients at CRP.

Abstract

Abstract

Return to work is regarded as one of the leading outcomes of reintegration in society following a spinal cord injury (SCI). It gives people a social status and connotation to life and makes them more financially autonomous. As the majority of patients with traumatic SCI are comparatively young, attention to vocational reintegration is of meticulous importance, not just to the patients themselves but also from a wider social point of view. In that point vocational training play a important role. It helps to remove their negligence, rises their confidence level and makes the person selfdependent. The aim of this study was intended to know the perception of persons with spinal cord injury about vocational training during the rehabilitation program. A participant was selected by using purposive sampling from spinal cord injury unit of Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed. Data was analyzed by qualitative content analysis. The investigator found that most of the participants have good understanding about vocational training. All of the participants think, CRP vocational training environment is favorable for their learning and they believe vocational training is important for them. Most of the participants perform vocational training well.All of the participants report they will perform these vocational training after returning home. Majority of the participants did not faced any challenge but some participants experienced some problems during participation in vocational training. All the participants gave various suggestion about these vocational training. As the person with spinal cord injury gives value to the vocational training, it helps to achieve the purpose of the rehabilitation program. Therefore, vocational training should be practiced in a more structured way.

Key words: Spinal Cord Injury, Vocational training, Patient Perception and CRP.