Abstract:
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to identify the level of participation of education,
recreation & employment of a spinal cord injury (SCI) patient after successful
rehabilitation. Objectives: To find out the level of participation of education, recreation &
employment of a spinal cord injury (SCI) patient after successful rehabilitation.
Methodology: This is a cross sectional quantitative study where 102 SCI patients are
purposively selected who completed successful rehabilitation from Centre for the
Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) at spinal cord injury (SCI) inpatient unit. Data was
collected from the patients through phone calls. Result: Result shows that the majority of
the patients (57.8%) 59 were belonged to the age group 21-40 years & their mean age
was 34.76. The SD of participant’s age was 0.702. Among 102 participants 46 (45.1%)
injury are occurred due to fall from height. Among all the participants 41 (40.2%) had
primary education before SCI & after rehabilitation 99 (97.1%) participants are not
involved with education. Rest 3 (2.9%) are continuing their study after rehabilitation.
Most of the participants of this study 37 (36.3%) were watched TV for their recreation
before SCI & 49% participants are not involved with recreation after injury. 26% of the
SCI were involved with self-business before SCI. Among the 102 participants 27
(26.5%) were taken vocational training from CRP. Conclusion: Spinal cord injury
medically complex but preventable, modifiable disease. It can affect ones mental and
psychological health. It is a devastating condition for an individual who have poor
economic condition. In this research it was aimed to find out the level of participation of
education, recreation & employment of a spinal cord injury (SCI) patient after successful
rehabilitation.
Keywords: Education, Recreation, Employment, Spinal Cord Injury, Rehabilitation.
Description:
This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy, Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.