This study is a qualitative study exploring the facilitators to physical and vocational rehabilitation and also explores the barriers in empowering individuals with paraplegia
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 Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
25
Semi-structured interviews with individuals with paraplegia
Maharishi Markandeshwar institute of Medical Sciences and Research
Ambāla, Haryana, India
RECRUITINGSemi-structured interview
Semi-structured interview with audio/video recording
Time frame: 30minutes-45 minutes
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