Experience of Rehabilitation Amongst Individuals With Paraplegia

Asir John Samuel

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Spinal Cord Injuries

Treatments: Other: Semi-structured interviews

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05267223

MMDU/IEC/2154

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a qualitative study exploring the facilitators to physical and vocational rehabilitation and also explores the barriers in empowering individuals with paraplegia

Full 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

Enrollment: 25 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

25 participants in 1 patient group

Individuals with Paraplegia

Description:

After screening the participants according to the inclusion/exclusion criteria, informed consent will be obtained from all the selected participants. Their demographic details will be obtained and asked for their comfortable time for the interview. Data will be collected by in-depth face to face, semi- structured interviews. Audio/video recording of the interview will be taken \& it will be written in English and will be transcribed verbatim also manual notes will be prepared for their analysis after the interview is conducted

Treatment:

Other: Semi-structured interviews