Socio-demographic correlates of quality of life in spinal cord injured patients

Authors : Abiodun L. AZEEZ, Adebisi İ. HAMMED

Pages : 92-101

Doi:10.31459/turkjkin.545176

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Publication Date : 2019-06-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Spinal cord injury insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SCI); is one of the greatest calamities that can occur in humans’ life. It brings about great challenges in the form of coping strategies as well as protocols of rehabilitation and characterized by a high incidence of poor self-rated health. This study investigated socio-demographic correlates of health-related quality of life insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HRQoL); among paitents with SCI. Two separate self-rated questionnaires insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(the socioeconomic status questionnaire insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SSQ); and generic SF-36 questionnaire); were administered to each of the participants to evaluate both socioeconomic statuses insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SES); and HRQoL respectively. A total of 100 subjects with SCI of mechanical origin, aged 19-59 years participated in this study. Pearson product-moment coefficient of correlation was used to analyze the relationship between HRQoL and socio-demographic parameters insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(age, gender, marital status, clinical characteristic of morbidity and SES); and however, one-way analysis of variance insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ANOVA); was used to analyze the differences in HRQoL across categories of SES. This study indicated that SES and clinical characteristic of morbidity insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CCM); were the only variables correlating significantly insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05); with all the domains of HRQoL. In specific terms, the outcome suggested that low SES and complete SCI are associated with poor HRQoL components. However, age, gender, and marital status were all found to associate poorly and insignificantly with most of the HRQoL domains insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p>0.05);. The present study, therefore, submitted that in this population the most important determinants of HRQoL in SCI patients are SES and CCM. The implication of this finding is viewed in three different perspectives; first poor SES could precipitate the onset of the initial episode of SCI, second poor SES might lead to poor rehabilitation outcome and third long-standing SCI can precipitate low SES.
Keywords : Health related quality of life, socioeconomic status, spinal cord injury