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Abdolahi M. Evaluation of Quality of Life in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury Following the Bam Earthquake in 2003. IJRN 2017; 3 (2) :1-7
URL: http://ijrn.ir/article-1-286-en.html
Islamic Azad University, Zarand branch, Kerman, Iran
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Introduction: Spinal cord injury is a disability with a very wide range of impacts on the quality of life of patients, causing several problems. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the quality of life in disabled patients due to spinal cord injury during Bam earthquake.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study and the study population was chosen from patients with spinal cord injury disabilities due to the Bam earthquake disaster. In this study, 65 people with spinal cord injury in Bam city, Iran were selected by convenience sampling method. The World Health Organization (WHO) quality of life (QOL) questionnaire was used to collect data. After collecting data, they were analyzed using SPSS software version 16 and independent t-test.

Results: The results showed that physical, psychological, social and environmental aspects of quality of life of people with spinal cord injury disabilities caused by Bam earthquake disaster had a significant difference compared to the components in general Iranian population. In addition, a significant difference (P < 0.05) was observed in some demographic characteristics such as marital status, age and education, compared with some components of quality of life in the general population.

Conclusions: The results showed that the mean scores obtained in the quality of life of persons with disabilities at all levels of spinal cord injury in Bam was significantly different (P < 0.05) with the general Iranian population and grades for all aspects of quality of life of the disabled population were below the averages of those of the general population. Finally, patients with spinal cord injury due to Bam earthquake did not have a satisfactory quality of life.

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Received: 2017/02/6 | Accepted: 2017/02/6 | Published: 2017/02/6

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