Analysis of Risk Factors Sociodemographic for the Functional Dependence of Adults with Spinal Cord Injury

This study aimed to identify self-care ability, quality of life (QOL), and their related factors in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). A cross-sectional design and a convenience sample of 152 individuals with SCI from four SCI units and clinics in Jordan were used. Modified Barthel Index of Activities of Daily Living and the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF instruments were used. About 55.3% of participants reported moderate dependence on others to support their self-care ability, 48.0% reported good QOL, 65.8% were satisfied with their health after SCI, and physical and environmental domains received the highest scores. Having incomplete injury or paraplegia significantly predicted higher self-care ability. Being male, having a higher level of education, incomplete injury, paraplegia, and no pressure injury significantly predicted higher QOL ( p < .000). Collaboration is needed among health institutions, families, and communities to improve self-care ability and QOL after SCI.

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Primary and secondary disability appraisal – Predictive role of sociodemographic and disability-related variables

Byra

2019

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Disability appraisal is a cognitive category examined mainly in the context of adjustment to living with disability. Its significance is usually determined as part of stress and coping theory applied in disability studies. The article presents the findings of a study on primary and secondary disability appraisal expressed by people with acquired motor impairments. Participants were people with spinal cord injuries and with lower limb amputation. Primary and secondary disability appraisal was analyzed with consideration of sociodemographic and disability-related variables. The findings suggest that these categories of variables make it possible to explain primary disability appraisal better than secondary disability appraisal. Also, it was found that disability-related variables had greater predictive significance than sociodemographic variables in explaining the intensity of both primary and secondary appraisal. The type of disability, its duration, and a sense of control over the consequences of one's motor impairment play a significant role in determining the intensity of both forms of disability appraisal.

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Analysis of Risk Factors Sociodemographic for the Functional Dependence of Adults with Spinal Cord Injury

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Primary and secondary disability appraisal – Predictive role of sociodemographic and disability-related variables

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