Research Article

Caregivers’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Pressure Injuries in Spinal Cord Injury at Rehabilitation Center in Bangladesh

Table 2

Sociodemographic characteristics of individuals with SCI.

VariablesFrequency
Total (n = 127)

Age, years, mean (SD)37.97 (13.76)

Months since SCI, mean (SD)4.76 (1.33)

Gender, n (%)
 Male105 (82.7)
 Female22 (17.3)

Cause of SCI, n (%)
 Accident101 (79.5)
 Illness12 (9.4)
 Other14 (11.0)

Pressure injuries
 Yes34 (26.8)
 No93 (73.2)

Type of SCI, n (%)
 Paraplegia82 (64.6)
 Tetraplegia45 (35.4)

n = number of respondents.