Survey on Awareness of Upper Limb Function Reconstruction in Patients with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
Abstract：Objective To survey the attitudes and acceptance level of upper limb function reconstruction in patients with cervical spinal cord injury and analyze the related factors. Methods From October, 2013 to June, 2014, a total of 104 patients with cervical spinal cord inju-ry were surveyed with self-designed questionnaire. Results There were 81 valid questionnaires, in which 3 patients (3.7%) heard of up-per-extremity reconstructive surgery. The patients longed for upper limb function improvement most. After they had a understanding of the surgery, their willingness improved (P<0.01). No significant difference was found in the satisfaction degree and operation willingness be-tween different hand function groups (P>0.05). The patients focused on the operation cost, the operation risk, recovery time after operation and the satisfaction of assistive devices, however, they were not correlated with the willingness of upper limb function reconstruction (P>0.05). Conclusion There is a clear gap between strong desire for functional improvement of upper limb and surgery awareness. It is impor-tant to communicate upper limb among patients with cervical spinal cord injury.
Keywords：spinal cord injuryupper limb function reconstructionsurvey
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 217-220 )