Life satisfaction among the people with spinal Cord injury at community after completing Rehabilitation services from CRP.

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to describe the level of life satisfaction of the people with spinal cord injury (SCI) in the community. Objectives: To assess and describe life satisfaction of the people with spinal cord injury in the community. Methodology: The study design was cross-sectional. Total 52 samples were selected conveniently for this study from Savar those who has completed rehabilitation services at Centre for the Rehabilitation of Paralysed (CRP), Savar, Dhaka. Data was collected by using of questionnaire (LiSAT-9). Descriptive statistic was used for data analysis which focused through different bar diagrams, pie charts and tables. Results: This study showed that, among the respondent participants who were spinal cord injury, the lowest age was 15-20 years and highest age was more than 60 years. The frequencies of SCI among the different age group were: less than 15-20 years were 50% (n=6); 30 and more than 60 years were 3.8% (n=2). As a whole the life satisfaction percentage of Spinal Cord Injury patients among the 52 participants indicated that about 9.6% (n=5) participants had very dissatisfying, whereas 15.4% (n=8) had rather dissatisfying, 30.8% (n=16) participants had rather satisfying, 19.2% (n=10) had satisfying and 1.9% (n=1) at an average had very Satisfying had been found. Conclusion: The conclusion from this study that increase life satisfaction were in person with SCI in the long run with vocational status, financial status, ability to self-care, family life was related to high life satisfaction. From the study it can be concluded that due to SCI there have a lot of physical and mental problem such as ability to self-care, contacts with friends, family life, sexual life, partner relationship, leisure situation, financial situation, vocational situation and over all whole life. During staying at CRP most of the participants were satisfied with treatments, get support from the staff moderately, environment was clean moderate amount so environmental level was good. Spinal cord injury is greatly hampering person’s life satisfaction and quality of life specially their physical and mental status. So awareness should be increased and take necessary steps to improve their physical and mental health.