| Objective: To investigate the status of community integration of spinal cord injury patients in Guangdong province and analyze the factors influencing community integration. Methods: In this study, general social data and disease data, daily living ability and community integration of patients with spinal cord injury were collected through telephone follow-up, online survey and field research. The status of community integration in patients with spinal cord injury was statistically described and univariate analysis and multivariate linear regression were used to analyze the factors influencing community integration in patients with spinal cord injury. Results: The mean score of Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ) for 154 patients with spinal cord injury was 10.31±6.03, in which the mean score of Family Integration (FI) was 3.20±3.00; that of Social Integration (SI) was 5.59±2.37; that of Productive Activity (PA) was 1.53±1.93. Univariate analysis showed that age, injury level, course of injury, convenience of access, and caregivers had significant impact on community integration. Multivariate analysis showed that course of injury had the greatest influence on community integration, followed by age, caregivers, and injured level. Conclusion: The status of community integration of patients with spinal cord injury in Guangdong province is generally poor. The community integration in patients with spinal cord injury was influenced by the injury level, injury course, age, caregivers and physical environment. |
