Table 2. Percentage of participants (95% CI) with a traumatic (TR) or nontraumatic (NT) SCI expressing needs and having their needs met (to a great extent or more).
| Expressed needsa | Met needsb | |||||
| SCI-related needs | TR lesion (n = 1,137) % (95% CI) | NT lesion (n = 412) % (95% CI) | Pc | TR lesion (n = 1,137) % (95% CI) | NT lesion (n = 412) % (95% CI) | Pc |
| Equipment and technical aids | 92.6 (91-94) | 81.8 (78-85) | <.001 | 74.7 (72-77) | 73.3 (68-78) | NS |
| General health care | 90.0 (88-92) | 85.9 (82-89) | .017 | 72.4 (70-75) | 74.9 (70-80) | NS |
| Short-distance transportation | 87.1 (85-89) | 76.9 (73-81) | <.001 | 78.6 (76-81) | 75.7 (70-80) | NS |
| Accessible housing | 86.5 (84-88) | 71.4 (67-76) | <.001 | 81.1 (78-83) | 73.8 (68-79) | .007 |
| SCI-specialized health care | 86.5 (84-88) | 75.7 (71-80) | <.001 | 60.5 (57-64) | 64.7 (59-70) | NS |
| Long-distance transportation | 73.1 (70-76) | 54.9 (50-60) | <.001 | 58.7 (55-61) | 58.0 (51-65) | NS |
| Attendant care | 56.8 (54-60) | 39.3 (35-44) | <.001 | 75.0 (71-79) | 71.4 (63-79) | NS |
| Income support | 56.6 (54-59) | 43.9 (39-49) | <.001 | 36.9 (33-41) | 30.8 (24-38) | NS |
| Healthy living and leisure programs | 52.3 (49-55) | 51.9 (47-56) | NS | 40.7 (37-45) | 35.4 (29-42) | NS |
| Case management | 51.1 (48-54) | 44.4 (40-49) | .012 | 54.2 (50-59) | 50.6 (43-58) | NS |
| Emotional counselling | 36.3 (34-39) | 37.6 (33-43) | NS | 43.3 (38-49) | 43.1 (35-52) | NS |
| Job training | 33.2 (31-36) | 19.9 (16-24) | <.001 | 48.1 (42-54) | 34.9 (24-48) | .039 |
| SCI peer support | 31.5 (29-34) | 25.7 (22-30) | .016 | 55.7 (50-61) | 41.9 (32-53) | .014 |
Note: Data are listed in decreasing order of the proportion of participants with traumatic injury who reported their needs as met.
a
Participants answered yes to the question, “Since leaving the hospital or rehabilitation centre, have you had such a need?”
b
Percentage of people who had such a need met to a great extent or more.
c
NS = not statistically significant between people with a TR vs NT lesion. Significance of difference from persons with a traumatic SCI determined by chi-square test.