Table 1. Sample demographics.
| Characteristic | Category | T-SCI (n = 121) |
NT-SCI (n = 68) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level of injury (n%) | C1–C4 | 40 (33.05%) | 5 (7.35%) |
| C5–C8 | 26 (21.48%) | 11 (16.17%) | |
| T1–T6 | 11 (9.09%) | 10 (14.70%) | |
| T7–T12 | 36 (29.75%) | 32 (47.05%) | |
| Lumbar or sacral | 8 (6.61%) | 10 (14.70%) | |
| Neurological severity of injury AIS (n%) | A | 39 (32.23%) | 3 (4.41%) |
| B | 43 (35.53%) | 6 (8.82%) | |
| C | 23 (19%) | 21 (30.88%) | |
| D | 16 (13.22%) | 38 (55.88%) | |
| Paralysis type (n%) | Paraplegia | 73 (60.33%) | 56 (82.35%) |
| Tetraplegia | 48 (39.67%) | 12 (17.65%) | |
| Cause of injury (n%) | Road traffic accidents | 41 (33.88%) | – |
| Falls (high/low) | 38 (31.40%) | – | |
| Work-related injuries | 20 (16.52%) | – | |
| Sports-related injuries | 9 (7.43%) | – | |
| Other accidents# | 13 (10.74%) | – | |
| Triple aortic aneurysms, | – | 17 (25%) | |
| Transverse myelitis | – | 14 (20.58%) | |
| Infections/Abscesses | – | 11 (16.17%) | |
| Neoplasm | – | 13 (19.11%) | |
| Viral infections | – | 6 (8.82%) | |
| Canal stenosis | – | 7 (10.29%) | |
| Age at the time of injury (years): mean, SD | 36.9 (18.4) | 58.3 (6.2) | |
| Age at the survey (years): mean, SD | 38.1 (8.4) | 60.6 (4.2) | |
| Duration since the injury (months) | 15.2 (4.8) | 27.4 (9.7) | |
| State of injury (n%) | Complete | 22 (18.18%) | 0 (100%) |
| Incomplete | 99 (81.81%) | 68 (100%) | |
| Gender (n%) | Male | 99 (81.82%) | 50 (73.53%) |
| Female | 22 (18.18 %) | 18 (26.47%) | |
| Age (years): mean, SD | 34.6 ± 11.9 | 58.8 ± 13.2 | |
| Marital status (n%) | Married | 93 (82.60%) | 68 (100%) |
| Un married | 28 (17.4%) | 0 (100%) | |
| Level of education (n%) | Illiterate | 5 (4.13%) | 7 (10.29%) |
| Elementary School | 23 (19%) | 16 (23.52%) | |
| Middle school | 57 (47.10%) | 34 (50%) | |
| High School | 26 (21.48%) | 8 (11.76%) | |
| College or more | 10 (8.26%) | 3 (4.41%) | |
| Employment status (n%) | Farmer | 28 (23.14%) | 6 (8.82%) |
| Worker | 36 (29.75%) | 13 (19.11%) | |
| Government offices | 17 (14.04%) | 8 (11.76%) | |
| Retired | 4 (3.30%) | 35 (51.47%) | |
| Students | 25 (20.66%) | 3 (4.41%) | |
| Others* | 11 (9.09%) | 3 (4.41%) |
Notes:
Abbreviations: T-SCI, Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury; NT-SCI, Non-Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury; ASIA, American Spinal Injury Association scale; SCI, Spinal Cord Injury; C1–C4, Cervical 1-Cervical4; C5–C8, Cervical 5-Cervica8; T1–T6, Thoracic1-Thoracic6; T7–T12, Thoracic7-Thoracic12.
*
included unemployed and self-employed individuals.
#
included machinery-injury and violence injury.