Objective: Describe clinical characteristics and assess the quality of life in patients with spinal cord injury at the National Rehabilitation Hospital.
Subjects and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 31 patients with spinal cord injury who were treated at the Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Department – National Rehabilitation Hospital from December 2023 to March 2024.
Results: The study showed that the majority of patients with spinal cord injury were male (83.9%), within working age (77.4%), with an average duration of illness of 6.35 ± 4.93 months (minimum of 1 month, maximum of 2 years). The most common site of spinal cord injury was the thoracic cord (51.6%). Quality of life assessed using the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire showed that 45.2% had very low quality of life, 35.5% low, 16.1% moderate, and 3.2% high. No patient reported a very high quality of life.
Conclusion: Most patients with spinal cord injury have low or very low quality of life. Spinal cord injury significantly affects the quality of life.
58. ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY AT THE NATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL
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spinal cord injury
quality of life
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