QUALITY OF LIFE AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING COMPARISON BETWEEN TRAUMATIC AND NON-TRAUMATIC SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS IN TEACHING HOSPITAL
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Keywords
Spinal Cord Injury, Quality of Life, Traumatic Injury, Non-Traumatic Injury.
Abstract
Background: Spinal cord injuries (SCI) profoundly affect quality of life and subjective well-being, but comparisons between traumatic and non-traumatic injury types remain underexplored.
Objective: The objective was to compare self-reported life satisfaction and quality of life between traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injury patients.
Methodology: This cross-sectional study evaluated 130 patients with spinal cord injuries' quality of life and general wellbeing at the Teaching Hospital of Faisalabad, Pakistan, between March and August of 2023. Adult participants were categorized as ASI A, B, C, or D and had complete or incomplete lesions at the cervical or thoracolumbar levels. SWLS and WHOQOL-BREF questionnaires were used to gather data, and SPSS Version 26 was used for analysis.
Results: In this study of 130 spinal cord injury patients, the injury types were evenly distributed, with 65 (50.00%) having traumatic injuries and 65 (50.00%) having non-traumatic injuries. Most patients (79, 60.77%) were less than 1-year post-injury, and 98 (75.38%) had paraplegia. Quality of life assessments showed no significant difference between injury types (p=0.651). Pain significantly impacted task performance for 43 patients (33.08%), while 26 (20.00%) required extreme medical treatment for daily functioning. Subjective well-being was reported as satisfactory by 19 (27.14%) of traumatic and 27 (41.54%) of non-traumatic patients.
Conclusion: This study found no significant difference in quality of life between traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injury patients, underscoring the effectiveness of Faisalabad Teaching Hospital.
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Dilshad Gill
Senior Registrar, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faisalabad Teaching Hospital, Faisalabad
Syed Abdur Rub Abidi
Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Jinnah Medical &Dental College Karachi
Abdul Aziz
Medical Officer, Department of General Medicine, Waqar Clinic, Fateh Jang
Madiha Zia
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sindh Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Karachi
Faizuddin
Assisstant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zeyyad Hospital, Quetta
Muhammad Talha Hassan
Regular Medical Practitioner, Department of General Medicine and Surgery, Royal Institute of Medicine and Surgery Trauma Hospital, Karachi
Mian Iftikhar Ul Haq
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery Unit, Hayatabad Medical Complex Hospital, Peshawar