Spinal Cord Injuries
Conditions
Keywords
qualitative research, paraplegia, rehabilitation
Brief summary
This study is a qualitative study exploring the facilitators to physical and vocational rehabilitation and also explores the barriers in empowering individuals with paraplegia
Detailed description
Spinal cord injury is one of the most distressing medical conditions being encountered by today's health care system. In India incidence of Spinal cord injury accounts for 20 per million per years population with 20,000 cases added every year. Rehabilitation services are of utmost importance in empowering these individuals. So there is a need for more qualitative studies through which needs in rehabilitation services can be upgraded. The aim of the study is to explore the experience of physical and vocational rehabilitation amongst the individuals with paraplegia in India
Interventions
OTHERSemi-structured interviews
Semi-structured interviews with individuals with paraplegia
Sponsors
Asir John Samuel
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Traumatic & Non-Traumatic paraplegics Both male & female above 18 yrs of age Time since injury of minimum 6 months Community dwelling paraplegics
Exclusion criteria
* Communication problems Psychiatric problems or co morbidities like head injury
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Semi-structured interview | 30minutes-45 minutes | Semi-structured interview with audio/video recording |
Countries
India
Contacts
Primary ContactAKANKSHA SAXENA, MPT
Outcome results
None listed