International Journal of Physiology
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 3

Using the Modified Barthel Index to Estimate the Activity of Daily Living in Patients after Chronic Spinal Cord Injury in Northern Western Region of India

1Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiology, PIMS, Udaipur

2Associate Professor, Dept. of Physiology, PIMS, Udaipur

3Associate Professor MGMC, Jaipur

*Corresponding author: Dr. Suresh Kumar Goyal Associate Professor, Dept. of Physiology, PIMS, Udaipur, E-mail id: sureshggc@gmail.com

Online published on 16 July, 2018.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the Quality of life (QOL) using the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) score and it were studied using a structured questionnaire. The objective was to evaluate the effect of annual income and of the level of lesion on Activities of Daily Living (ADL) score after Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) patients. 52 SCI patients were interviewed individually. Results were statistically analyzed. The higher the annual income, the more was the ADL score and less dependency was seen in cervical spinal cord injury patients. Overall, all the SCI were severely dependant as per their ADL scoring.

Keywords

Quality of life, Activites of Daily living, Spinal cord injury, annual income