Employment Rate and Related Factors of Spinal Cord Injury at MaharatNakhonRatchasima Hospital
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https://doi.org/10.14456/jdms.2023.27Keywords:
Spinal cord injury, Employment, Related factorsAbstract
Background: Most spinal cord injury (SCI) patients experience disability and face employment barriers. Objective: This study aims to identify the employment rate of individuals with SCI in Thailand, as well as factors associated with employment, Method: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out between June 2020 and June 2021 at the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, MaharatNakhonRatchasima Hospital. Ninety-six people with SCI were interviewed using questionnaires to identify demographic data, skill-related employment factors, and work related variables. Functional abilities were assessed using the Spinal Cord Independence Measure version III (SCIM-III). Result: The employment rate in this study was 47.9% (95% CI: 37.6, 58.4). Those with more than 10 years after SCIhad a 1.6-fold higher chance of employment than those less than 10 years of SCI (95% CI: 1.13, 2.26). Those withcomputer skills had a 2.14-fold higher chance of employment than those without the skills (95% CI: 1.28, 3.57), andthose with ground-to-wheelchair transferring ability had a 1.91-fold higher chance of employment than those without (95% CI: 1.12, 3.27). Conclusions: This survey’s employment rate of individuals with SCI was 47.9%. The durationafter SCI, computer skills, and ground-to-wheelchair transferring ability were significantly related to employment rates.
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