Table 1 Demographic profile of the participants (N = 29)
From: Illness experience of adults with cervical spinal cord injury in Japan: a qualitative investigation
Characteristics | Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 27 | 93.1 |
Female | 2 | 6.9 | |
Age | Mean ± SD (range) | 48.1 ± 12.4 (26–77) | |
Age at injury | Mean ± SD (range) | 30.7 ± 16.3 (14–69) | |
Duration of disability | Mean ± SD (range) | 16.9 ± 9.9 (4–36) | |
Level of injury | C1 | 2 | 6.9 |
C3 | 6 | 20.7 | |
C4 | 10 | 34.5 | |
C5 | 6 | 20.7 | |
C6 | 3 | 10.3 | |
Unknown | 2 | 6.9 | |
Type of injury | Complete | 17 | 58.6 |
Incomplete | 12 | 41.4 | |
Cause of injury | Road traffic accident | 15 | 51.7 |
Sporting accident | 9 | 31.0 | |
Fall | 3 | 10.3 | |
Other accident | 2 | 6.9 | |
Employment at the time of onset | Employed | 14 | 48.3 |
Returned to the same job | 0 | ||
Student | 13 | 44.8 | |
Returned to the same school | 7 | ||
Retired | 2 | 6.9 | |
Employment at the time of interview | Employed | 10 | 34.5 |
Unemployed | 19 | 65.5 | |
Marital status | Married | 10 | 34.5 |
Single (never married) | 17 | 58.6 | |
Divorced | 2 | 6.9 | |
Household composition | With any family members | 22 | 75.9 |
Lives alone | 7 | 24.1 | |
Main caregiver | Family members | 18 | 62.1 |
Spouse | 9 | ||
Mother | 6 | ||
Father | 2 | ||
Siblings | 1 | ||
Paid caregivers | 11 | 37.9 | |
Receiving any kind of pension | Yes | 26 | 89.7 |
No | 3 | 10.3 |