Resilience in Subjects with Spinal Cord Injury

A spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating event that disrupts every facet of life, diminished physical capacities, inability to get around and carry out daily routines, and feelings of confusion and despair are coupled with loss of gainful employment and questions about the ability to return home. Resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or even significant sources of stress — such as family and relationship problems, serious health problems, or workplace and financial stressors. It means “bouncing back” from difficult experiences.

To find the resilience in spinal cord injury subjects using Connor Davidson-Resilience Scale (CD-RISC).

Subjects were from Delhi/NCR, Manipur and community. 42 subjects with spinal cord injury were included in this study.

The result showed that out of 42 subjects with spinal cord injury the lowest CD-RISC score was 39 which was Female, Paraplegia with age 27 and the highest CD-RISC score were two subjects with a score of 100. No significant difference between age and resilience with p-value 0.648. The mean score for male was higher (80.33) as compared to female (71.00) with the P-value at.026.no significant difference between Quadriplegia and Paraplegia with the p-value.003 and t-value.951. The total mean score for occupation was 77.00. The result showed that there was no significant difference between resilience and occupation.

The study concluded that resilience is affected in subjects with spinal cord injury. There is no relationship between resilience and age. The results showed that males were more resilient than females in subjects following with spinal cord injury. Quadriplegia had higher resilience than paraplegia.