Quality of Life in People with Spinal Cord Injury – Earthquake Survivors from Sichuan Province in China
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The aims of this study were to assess the quality of life (QOL) in people with spinal cord injury (SCI) following the earthquake in China (2008) and to identify the most important areas of rehabilitation. All study participants (14 people with SCI) completed a closedquestion social questionnaire, Life Satisfaction Questionnaire, and Aims of Rehabilitation Questionnaire. The most satisfying areas of life were partnership relations and contacts with friends and the least satisfying was vocational situation. The most important aim of rehabilitation was: “recovery of independence in everyday functioning”. The least important aim was: “getting a vocational job, which besides regular income guarantees high prestige and offers vocational development”. Overall QOL of SCI-earthquake survivors in China is rather low. There is a demand for patient-education in China on the role of modern rehabilitation and the realistic goals that a person with SCI can achieve in terms of vocational and social inclusion.
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