Functional outcomes of traumatic paraplegic spinal cord injury (SCI) patients at the time of discharge at CRP

Abstract

Purpose: To assess the functional outcomes of traumatic paraplegic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) patients at the time of discharge at CRP. Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the functional outcomes of a group of patients with traumatic spinal cord lesions of paraplegic patients being achieved after rehabilitation at time of discharge and find out the socio-demographic characteristics of traumatic paraplegic SCI patients. Methodology: The study design was cross sectional. The sample size were 60 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 FIM scale and it was analyzed by SPSS software version 16.0. Results: Among 60 spinal cord injury patients, most of the patients were young age group and male 86.7% (n=52) are predominantly higher than female 13.3% (n=8). Majority of the participants were came from rural area (86.7%) and they were farmer 23.3% (n=14). Complete A (58.3%) was the most common impairment grading. The skeletal level of thoracic was most common than lumber level. The skeletal level of thoracic were 63.4% (n=38) and lumber 36.6% (n=22). In thoracic level, thoracic 12 were most common and in lumber level, lumber 1 most common of traumatic paraplegia. Significant improvements were observed from FIM rating scale. Conclusion: The results of this study provided more insight into the functional outcome of a group of patients with traumatic spinal cord injury with paraplegia. More research is needed to evaluate the rehabilitation program for these patients.