Self-Management Embedded in Daily Activities: A Photoelicitation Focus Group Study among Persons with Spinal Cord Injury and Their Primary Caregivers in Bangladesh
Table 1
Participant demographic characteristics.
Participants
Gender
Age
Education level
Marital status
Time since injury (years)
Causes of injury
SCI level
Severity of injury
Occupation (IgA)
Mobility device
Living area
Participants (primary caregiver, age)
A1
M
31
S
Married
7
RTA
C5–6
Incomplete
No
W/C, crutch
Rural
Mother (50)
A2
M
30
P
Single
16
RTA
T7–12
Complete
Poultry shop
W/C
Semirural
Mother (50)
A3
F
18
P
Single
3
FFT
Coccyx (S4–5)
Incomplete
No
W/C, W/F
Urban
Mother (35)
A4
F
21
S
Single
2
Fall of heavy object on back
T10
Complete
No (basketball player)
W/C
Urban
Brother (32)
A5
M
32
S
Single
26
Tuberculosis
T11
Incomplete
Business with friend
W/C
Rural
Sister (22)
A6
M
40
S
Married
20
Gunshot
T12
Complete
Shop
W/C
Urban
Wife (27)
A7
M
50
P
Married
12
FFT
T
Complete
No
W/C
Rural
Wife (45)
A8
M
24
P
Single
17
Fall of heavy object on neck
C4
Complete
No
W/C
Rural
Mother (45)
B1
M
38
P
Married
13
FFH
T12
Complete
Elec. shop
W/C
Rural
Wife (27)
B2
M
33
S
Married
6
RTA
T12
Incomplete
Online business with shop
W/C
Semirural
Wife (24)
B3
M
30
D
Married
4
FFT
T7
Complete
Computer/mobile servicing
W/C
Urban
Wife (25)
B4
M
27
S
Single
15
FWCLH
T9
Complete
Grocery shop
W/C
Semirural
Mother (60)
B5
M
34
G
Single
9
FFH
C4
Complete
No
W/C
Semirural
Paid carer (27)
B6
M
31
P
Married
3
RTA
T7
Complete
No
W/C
Semirural
Wife (27)
A1–8 participants are from the first group (A), and B1–6 participants are from the second group (B). Participants that could not attend the second session of the focus group discussion. M: male; F: female; S: completed secondary school; P: completed primary school; D: diploma (short course on a subject); G: graduate bachelor course; RTA: road traffic accident; FFT: fall from a tree; FFH: fall from height; FWCLH: fall while carrying heavy load on the head; IgA: income-generating activities; W/C: wheelchair; W/F: walking frame.
