Experience of Rehabilitation Amongst Individuals With Paraplegia

• Conditions: Spinal Cord Injuries
• Interventions: Other: Semi-structured interviews

• Registration Number: NCT05267223
• Lead Sponsor: Asir John Samuel

Brief Summary

This study is a qualitative study exploring the facilitators to physical and vocational rehabilitation and also explores the barriers in empowering individuals with paraplegia

Detailed Description

Spinal cord injury is one of the most distressing medical conditions being encountered by today's health care system. In India incidence of Spinal cord injury accounts for 20 per million per years population with 20,000 cases added every year. Rehabilitation services are of utmost importance in empowering these individuals. So there is a need for more qualitative studies through which needs in rehabilitation services can be upgraded. The aim of the study is to explore the experience of physical and vocational rehabilitation amongst the individuals with paraplegia in India

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-02-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-02-23
• Study First Posted: 2022-03-04
• Study Start: 2022-05-02
• Status Verified: 2022-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-08-24
• Last Update Posted: 2022-08-30
• Primary Completion: 2023-01-01
• Study Completion: 2023-10-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 25

Inclusion Criteria

• Traumatic & Non-Traumatic paraplegics Both male & female above 18 yrs of age Time since injury of minimum 6 months Community dwelling paraplegics

Exclusion Criteria

• Communication problems Psychiatric problems or co morbidities like head injury

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Individuals with Paraplegia	Semi-structured interviews	After screening the participants according to the inclusion/exclusion criteria, informed consent will be obtained from all the selected participants. Their demographic details will be obtained and asked for their comfortable time for the interview. Data will be collected by in-depth face to face, semi- structured interviews. Audio/video recording of the interview will be taken \& it will be written in English and will be transcribed verbatim also manual notes will be prepared for their analysis after the interview is conducted

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Semi-structured interview	30minutes-45 minutes	Semi-structured interview with audio/video recording

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Maharishi Markandeshwar institute of Medical Sciences and Research; 🇮🇳 Ambāla, Haryana, India