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The Association between Urinary Disorder, Hypertonia and Assistive Device Usage with Falling in Individual with Multiple Sclerosis

Mahsa Kosari Nejad, Shohreh Noorizadeh Dehkordi, Mehdi Dadgoo, Afsoon Hassani Mehraban, Seyed Massood Nabavi,
Volume 3, Issue 4 (Winter 2014)

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was the association between urinary disorder (UD), spastic hypertonia and assistive device with falling. Methods: In this analytical cross sectional study, 140 participants with Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score below 7 aged 20 to 55 years were divided into two groups according to their reports of falls in the past 6 months. Participants selected from Tehran outpatient clinics by convenient sampling. The presence or absence of UD, fall history and using assistive device was recorded by self-report. In addition, spastic hypertonia was assessed by Ashworth scale in knee extensors and ankle plantar flexors muscles for lower extremities. Finally, we used Mann whitney, chi-square test and Spearman correlation coefficient for analyzing. Results: We found more UD, spastic hypertonia and using assistive device in MS with history of falling compared with MS without history of falls (P < 0.05). Additionally, the direct and significant relationship existed between UD, spastic hypertonia and using assistive device with falls. Conclusion: MS people with history of falls that have UD, spastic hypertonia and using assistive device are in risk of falling than MS patients without history of falling.

The Effect of Knowledge & Learning on Perception and Experience of Independence among Patients with Spinal Cord Injury

Sepideh Boluki, Mehdi Dadgoo, Shohreh Nurizadeh Dehkordi, Mohammad Kamali,
Volume 4, Issue 1 (Spring 2014)

Abstract

Purpose: Individuals’ personal awareness and learning after spinal cord injury is one of the most important factors in patients’ confrontation with subsequent disabilities and new life style which affects their ultimate independence. This article is an abstracted result of a qualitative study on effective factors of independence among patients with spinal cord injury.

Methods: This study adopts a phenomenological qualitative approach and chooses its research samples from individuals with spinal cord injury including four women and seven men with paraplegic and tetraplegic SCI who live in Tehran. The data gathered trough Indepth semi-structural interviews and interpreted using Coliazzi’s method.

Results: The data divided into 10 categories and 38 subcategories arranging in three general domains: the individual, familial and social. Knowledge and learning are important categories in the individual domain which includes five subcategories: Initial knowledge level, searching for information, learning from similar pattern, needs based learning, learning from experience and repetition.

Conclusion: The research shows that the amount of information about the spinal cord injury before and learning more information after the injury influences on the sense of independence, and individuals who trying more to learn about their subsequent difficulties and needs are more successful in their future life.

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