Employment among Spinal Cord Injured Patients Living in Turkey: A Cross-Sectional Study

Autor/inn/en	Gunduz, Berrin; Erhan, Belgin; Bardak, Ayse Nur
Titel	Employment among Spinal Cord Injured Patients Living in Turkey: A Cross-Sectional Study
Quelle	In: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 33 (2010) 3, S.275-278 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0342-5282
DOI	10.1097/MRR.0b013e328339814e
Schlagwörter	Employment Level; Foreign Countries; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Injuries; Physical Disabilities; Neurological Impairments; Interviews; Questionnaires; Job Applicants; Unemployment; Educational Attainment; Social Networks; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Rehabilitation; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Beschäftigungsgrad; Ausland; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Physical handicap; Körperbehinderung; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Fragebogen; Bewerber; Arbeitslosigkeit; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Türkei
Abstract	The aim of this study was to determine the rate of employment and to establish the factors affecting vocational status in spinal cord injured patients living in Turkey. One hundred and fifty-two traumatic spinal cord injured patients older than 18 years with injury duration of at least 1 year and living in the community were included in the study; homemakers were not taken into consideration. The demographic and clinical data were retrieved from the medical records. The patients were interviewed with a structured questionnaire about the employment status at the time of the injury and after the injury, seeking a job after the injury, possible causes for unemployment, educational activities after the injury, and being a member of a social association. Descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U test and Pearson's [chi][superscript 2] test were used to analyze the results. The rate of employment was 21% among this group of spinal cord injured patients. Female sex, young age at the time of the injury, longer time since injury, higher educational level, being educated after injury, and being a member of a social association have positive effects on vocational outcome; age at the time of the study and severity and level of the lesion did not affect employment. According to the results of this study, the employment rates after spinal cord injury are low in Turkey. There is a need to maximize the employment capacity. Social and educational activities after injury should be encouraged during rehabilitation. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10