Situation of pressure ulcer after complete rehabilitation of SCI patient following up one year discharge from Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP).

Abstract

Purpose: To assess Situation of pressure ulcer after complete rehabilitation of SCI patient following up one year discharge from CRP. Objective: The aim of this study was to describe Situation of pressure ulcer after complete rehabilitation of SCI patient following up one year discharge from CRP and find out the socio-demographic characteristics of traumatic paraplegic SCI patients with pressure ulcer. Methodology: The study design was cross – sectional. The sample size were 45 and Purposive sampling technique was used for sample selection from inpatient of Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP) in Bangladesh which is the largest spinal cord injury rehabilitation centre in South Asia. Data was collected by modified questioner and it was analyzed by SPSS software version 16.0. Results .The study population consisted of 41 males (91.1%) and 4 (8.9%) females. Their age ranged from 10 to 75 years with a mean age of the patients were 32.51 years with standard deviation (±1.0725). Most of the patients were young age. All 45 patients had spinal cord lesions with pressure ulcer. National SCI statistical centre found that males accounts for 82% of all spinal cord injuries and females for 18%. Traumatic SCI is more common in persons younger than 40 years, non-traumatic SCI is more common in persons older than 40 years. Greater mortality is reported in the older patients with SCI (Dawodu, 2007). Male was predominantly higher than female. Majority of the patient were lives in rural area same situation also seen in India (Singh et al., 2003).The people of rural area are mostly poor and they are engage in risky work that may causing SCI. Farmer was the higher for traumatic spinal cord injury. Students was the second most common occupation where spinal cord injury was seen. More than 80% of the population lives in villages and 65% of the total labor forces are employed in agriculture (Hossain, 2001). The most common37.8% (n=17) impairment grading in ASIA scale was complete-A. Approximately 40% of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) present with complete SCI, 40% with incomplete injury, and 20% with either no cord or only root lesions (Rizollo et al.,2000).