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KMID : 0123520090160010066
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Journal of muscle and joint health
2009 Volume.16 No. 1 p.66 ~ p.79
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The Rehabilitation Motive and Social Support Perceived by Spinal Cord Injury Patients
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Kim Sun-Ok
Lim Nan-Young
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between rehabilitation motive and social support perceived by spinal cord injury patients.
Method: Data were collected by the questionnaires from 83 patients with spinal cord injury in a hospital. It was analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA and Peason’s correlation coefficients.
Result:The social support score was 3.51 of 5 in average. The connectedness of subordinate portion was the highest as 3.57. The rehabilitation motive was 2.93 of maximum 4.00 in average. Among sub-dimensions of the rehabilitation motive, the mean score of change oriented motivation was 3.27 as the highest. The higher the direct support, the higher the indirect support (r=.663, p=.000). The higher the rehabilitation motive, the higher the direct (r=.282, p=.010) and indirect support (r=.397, p=.000).
Conclusion: According to this study, the social support had the significant relationship with the rehabilitation motive. The social support was the key factor to enhance the rehabilitation motive psychologically. Finally, there is a need to develop the nursing intervention improve the social support for the spinal cord injury patients.
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KEYWORD
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Rehabilitation motive, Social support, Spinal cord injury
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