Abstract:
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the status of mental resilienceonpatients with spinal cord injury during the COVID-19 pandemic attending at CRP. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to find out socio-demographiccharacteristics related to mental resilience, to examine the prevalence of the level ofmental resilience, to know whether there has been any association betweenmental
resilience and socio- demographic information among SCI participants. Methodology:The cross-sectional study was chosen to carry out this study among 114 participantswho were selected according to inclusion criteria from July 2021 to October 2021. All
data were collected through a standard structured questionnaire havingsocio-demographic, & The "Brief Resilience Scale" (BRS), this used to assess the Mental
Resilience among 114 participants. A statistical test has been conducted as per thedistribution of data. The quantitative descriptive analysis was performed by mean, SD, frequency, and percentage. The inferential statistical has been calculatedbyindependent t-test, one-way ANOVA, chi-square, and person correlation test. Linearregression has been performed by mental resilience as a predictor variable, here thep-value was set as <.05. Results: Among 114 participants who survivors the SCI intheCOVID-19 pandemic, their overall age Mean ± SD was (33.91 ± 12.506). Amongthem prevalence of the level of mental resilience were low = 66.7%, normal =23.7%& high=9.6% (MD=2.5919 ± 0.86610). Statistically significant association alsofoundin between Mental Resilience & some of socio- demographic informationsuchasduration of injury [(P<.001), 95% CI (1.992, 2.431), (β =.403)], Residential area[(P<.01), 95% CI (1.947, 2.517), (β=.272)], monthly income (P<.01, 95%CI =2.246, 2.833), severity of injury [(P<.05), 95% CI (2.297, 2.660), (β =.228)]. Conclusion:Spinal cord injury is a condition that influences physical and psychological health. Spinal cord injury negatively can decrease mental resilience. Mental resiliencehasasignificant relation to Socio- Demographic & Injury related characteristics forindividuals with Spinal cord lesions in their rehabilitation phase. Keywords: Mental Resilience, Spinal cord injury, COVID-19 pandemic. Word count: 10800 word
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.