Factors influencing employment among people with spinal cord injury in South Africa
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2022Author
Bezuidenhou, Lucian
Rhoda, Anthea
Conradsson, David Moulaee
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Theunemploymentratepostspinalcordinjury(SCI)in SouthAfricais highwithlimitedknow-ledgeof environmentalfactorsoutsidethehealthservices,especiallyin an unevenlydevelopedresourcesettinglikeSouthAfrica,affectingtheemploymentratein peoplewithSCI.Ourpurposewasto investi-gatefactorsassociatedwithemploymentin peoplewithSCIin SouthAfrica. TwohundredpersonswithSCIparticipatedin a cross-sectionalsurveydesign.Thisstudyformedpartof theInternationalSpinalCordInjuryCommunitySurvey.Subsectionsof thequestionnaireresponseswereusedas explanatoryvariablesto predictemploymentafterSCIusinglogisticregres-sionanalysis.