Exercise & life satisfaction of incomplete spinal cord injury patients in community level

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to identify the perception about exercise and life satisfaction of incomplete spinal cord injury patients in the community. Objectives: The study objective was to demonstrate the socio-demographic characteristics related to finding out the perception about of exercise and the association between residential area, cause of injury, family life and the contact with friends and acquaintances, and life satisfaction.Methodology: The study design was a cross-sectional survey. Total 105 samples were selected conveniently for this study from the community those who have completed rehabilitation services from the Centre for the Rehabilitation of Paralyzed (CRP), Savar, Dhaka. All data were collected via telephone interviews from July to September 2021.Data were collected by using the questionnaire (LiSAT-9), Modified TNO Arbeid Questionnaire, and SelfPerception in Exercise Questionnaire. Descriptive statistic was used for data analysis which focused on different bar diagrams, pie charts, and tables. Inferential statistics has been performed by Chi-square test. Here Alpha (α) value has been set as <0.05. Results: In the study, the total number of participants was 105. The minimum age was 20 years old and the maximum age was 60. According to the findings of this study, the malewas96% (n=101) of participants scored higher than 3.8% (n=4) was female. In this study, a strong significance was found between residential area (P>0.039), cause of injury (P>0.01), family life(P>0.023), and contact with friends and acquaintances(P>0.042) with life satisfaction. Conclusion: The conclusion from this study that increase life satisfaction and community participation were in person with SCI in the long run. The residential area, the cause of the injury, family life and contact with friends and acquaintances, and a high level of life satisfaction are all factors. Keywords :Incomplete SCI, Life Satisfaction(LS),Self-Perception Exercise(SPE),Community participation