Respiratory Status in People with Spinal Cord Injuries after Discharge
Rimsha Siddiqui1, Sonam Kumari2*, Vani Madaan3, Gopal Shukla4, Kiranben Ganpatbhai Vaniya5, Roopal Aggarwal6, Mohit Phogat7, Jyoti Gupta8, Reshma Sheikh9, Soniya Sharma10 and Chitra Kataria11
1 Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, India
2 Galgotias University, India,
3 Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, India
4 Thumbay University Hospital, UAE
5 Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, India
6 Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, India
7 PDM University, India
8 Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, India
9 Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, India
10 Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, India
11 Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, India
*Corresponding Author: Sonam Kumari, Galgotias University, India.
Received: April 13, 2022 Published: May 03, 2022
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the respiratory status of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) patients after discharge from the Tertiary hospital.
Setting: Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India.
Methodology: A cross-sectional survey study was conducted on SCI subjects. All discharged SCI subjects from year 2016 and 2017 who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were included in this study. The self-administrated questionnaire was circulated among 263 discharged patients. Out of which 131 patients were included in the study and their responses were recorded and data was analysed.
Results: 131 subjects were included in this study and amongst them 73 patients were from year 2016 and 58 patients were from year 2017 with mean age 38.52±13.93 years in 2016 and 41.55±15.42 in 2017. Majority of patients have reported that they did not have dyspnoea and they could cough independently, their cough effort was good because proper chest physiotherapy was done in hospital and effective cough technique were taught to the patient during post discharge.
Conclusion: The study concluded that respiratory status improved post discharge, respiratory rehabilitation plays an important role in maintaining a good respiratory hygiene. Moreover respiratory complications are not the major cause of morbidity and mortality after 1 and 2 year of discharge from ISIC hospital.
Keywords: Spinal cord injury (SCI), Respiratory rehabilitation, Cross Sectional Survey Study
Citation: Siddiqui R, Kumari S, Madaan V, Shukla G, Vaniya KG, Aggarwal R, Phogat M, Gupta J, Sheikh R, Sharma S, Kataria C. “Respiratory Status in People with Spinal Cord Injuries after Discharge”. 2022, SVOA Neurology 3:3, Pages 106 -115.
