TY - JOUR AU - Ali, Sideeq Sadir AU - Haweizy, Rawand Musheer AU - Khude, Saadia Ahmed PY - 2016/08/15 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Assessment of the knowledge of paraplegic persons regarding self-care activity JF - Zanco Journal of Medical Sciences (Zanco J Med Sci) JA - Zanco J Med Sci VL - 20 IS - 2 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.15218/zjms.2016.0023 UR - https://zjms.hmu.edu.krd/index.php/zjms/article/view/117 SP - 1294 - 1303 AB - <p style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Background and objective: </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Knowledge for getting self-care activity is the one important issue in the quality of life for a paraplegic person to live independently. This study aimed to assess the level of knowledge of persons with complete paraplegia regarding how to do self-care activity during daily living. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Methods: </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">This cross-sectional study involved</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 58 cases with complete paraplegia out of 202 cases with spinal injuries that were admitted to the Emergency Management Centre in Hawler from 2008 to 2014. Information data on paraplegic persons was collected from August 15</span><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">th</span></sup><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> to October 15</span><sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">th</span></sup><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">, 2014 through the interview by using a questionnaire. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Results: </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The majority of persons with paraplegia were young (</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">32.8%)</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">, male </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(84.5%)</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">, married (</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">58.6%)</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">, secondary school graduates </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(35.3%)</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">, unemployed </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(72.4%)</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">, having income exceeding the needs </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(50%)</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> and live in the urban area </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(77.6%)</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">. Most of them had thoracic injury at level 9 to 12 </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(70.7%)</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">. The most common cause of injury was fall from high </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(41.4%)</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> and the majority of readmissions were for bedsores </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(87%)</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">. The knowledge of paraplegic persons of </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">self-care activity </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">was at a high level </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(87.9%)</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">. Those living in urban areas had a significantly higher knowledge than those living in rural areas (93.3% </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"><em>vs</em> 69.2%, <em>P</em> = 0.019).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Conclusion: </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Persons with paraplegia had good knowledge for self-care activity, but still need continuous knowledge and practical training. Urban areas need more help and knowledge. </span></p> ER -