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VOL. 9, ISSUE 2 (2023)
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Patient's View towards Halfway Hostel after Completing Institute Based Rehabilitation (IBR) at CRP
Authors
Salim Rahman, Sk Moniruzzaman, Md Habibur Rahman, Sanjida Subahan
Abstract

Introduction: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a major public health problem in Bangladesh. Community re-integration program at a halfway hostel during Institute Based Rehabilitation (IBR) enhances the quality of life for people with physical disabilities to build the confidence of the SCI persons and their family members. So that when they will be at home, they will manage themselves without the support of professionals. Thus the study will be remarkable to express clients' views for further meaningful halfway hostels to the further clients.

Objective: To find out the client’s ideas, needs, expectations, opinions, and recommendations towards the halfway hostel of CRP. 

Methodology: The study used qualitative design, semi-structured, and face-to-face interviews. Ten (10) participants who met the inclusion criteria also suffer from both tetraplegia and paraplegia clients, and finished indoor phase treatment of the SCI unit in CRP.

Result and discussion: The upshots were presented by performing the coding system of the data and the nine (9) main themes were produced, these were treatment taken at CRP indoors, duration of staying at the halfway hostel, expectations on the treatment facilities of the halfway hostel, treatment taken at the halfway hostel, necessity of halfway hostel, an overall idea about the halfway hostel, differences between indoor and halfway hostel, client’s suggestion about halfway hostel. 

Recommendation and conclusion: Though the study adequately explained the client's view, ideas, expectations, needs, and opinions were met. Although the halfway hostel is a new facility in the Bangladeshi hospital setting the clients were getting its service and therefore, they were highly satisfied with it. The study is sufficiently able to recommend some measures to be taken up to bring in some arrangements in halfway hostels for clients to meet their needs and expectations, fully for gaining community integration again.
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Pages:13-19
How to cite this article:
Salim Rahman, Sk Moniruzzaman, Md Habibur Rahman, Sanjida Subahan "Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Patient's View towards Halfway Hostel after Completing Institute Based Rehabilitation (IBR) at CRP". International Journal of Medical and Health Research, Vol 9, Issue 2, 2023, Pages 13-19
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