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Satisfaction with participation using a manual wheelchair among individuals with spinal cord injury.
- Source :
- Spinal Cord; Sep2010, Vol. 48 Issue 9, p691-696, 6p, 1 Chart
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Study design:Cross-sectional. Objectives: To describe self-identified indoor and outdoor wheelchair-oriented participation outcomes and to report satisfaction with the identified outcomes by people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Setting:Vancouver, British Columbia. Methods:Participation outcomes were identified using the Wheelchair Outcome Measure and classified using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF).Results: The average age of the 51 community-dwelling subjects with SCI was 43.7(±10.7) years. Of them, 84% were men, 64% had tetraplegia and 66% used a manual wheelchair. There were 258 indoor and 257 outdoor participation outcomes identified by this sample with most outcomes falling into the ‘community, social, and civil life’ (36.5%), ‘domestic life’ (23.7%) and ‘mobility’ (18%) domains of the ICF. All domains had a mean satisfaction score of 7.1/10 or greater except for the indoor ‘mobility’ domain that had a mean satisfaction score of 6.1/10. Satisfaction scores with performance of the specific participation outcomes ranged from high (10/10) to low (2/10) with most scores falling above 7/10. Conclusion: Community-dwelling people with SCI commonly engage in wheelchair-oriented participation outcomes related to ‘community, social, and civil life’, ‘domestic life’ and ‘mobility’ and tend to be satisfied with their performance of these participation outcomes. This information is useful for clinicians and may help to guide assessment and intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PATIENT satisfaction
ANALYSIS of variance
DECISION making
INTERPERSONAL relations
HEALTH outcome assessment
PARAPLEGIA
PATIENTS
PSYCHOMETRICS
QUADRIPLEGIA
RECREATION
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
HEALTH self-care
SPINAL cord injuries
WHEELCHAIRS
COMMUNITY support
SCALE items
BODY movement
TREATMENT effectiveness
INDEPENDENT living
CROSS-sectional method
CLASSIFICATION
MEDICAL rehabilitation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13624393
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Spinal Cord
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 53473293
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.2009.197