The correlation between life satisfaction and physical functioning of spinal cord injured individuals following discharge from rehabilitation / by Linda R. Dunnum.
| Author/creator | Dunnum, Linda R. author. |
| Other author | Vincent, Pauline, degree supervisor. |
| Other author | East Carolina University. School of Nursing. |
| Format | Theses and dissertations |
| Production | 1987. |
| Description | iii, 38 leaves : 3 forms ; 28 cm. |
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| Series | ECU School of Nursing thesis ECU School of Nursing thesis. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Summary | The purpose of this study was to determine if a correlation exists between life satisfaction and physical functioning among spinal cord injured individuals. Telephone interviews were conducted with 31 spinal cord injured persons. Data were collected using two tools; Barthel Index and LSES. Pearson Correlation Coefficients were calculated to determine the correlation between life satisfaction and physical functioning. A correlation was found to exist between LSES scores and Barthel scores, but the square of the coefficient indicates that less than one-half of the variance in LSES scores is explained by the variance in Barthel Index scores. The mean scores for Goals and Finances were the lowest of the eight subscales, and the correlations between each of these two subscales and Barthel scores was low. The subscales of Goals, Finances and Mood had the lowest correlations with the Barthel Index score. of the eight subscales. Goals, Mood and Finances might be conceptualized as being a part of three of the four adaptation modes (role function, interdependence, and self concept) proposed by Roy (Reihl and Roy, 1980) that are other than physiologic (the fourth mode). The data suggest the importance of nurses focusing on these modes of adaptation. Nurses may enhance adaptation by increasing life satisfaction although no changes in physical functioning in spinal cord injured individuals is possible. Replication of this study needs to be done using a larger sample size. In view of the large number of subjects who could not be reached by telephone, personal interviews might be needed. The conclusions of this study are limited because the subjects were drawn from only one rehabilitation program. Replications should be done using subjects from various rehabilitation programs. Further study is needed to determine the reliability and validity of the LSES when it is used for persons under the age of 55 years. |
| General note | Submitted to the faculty of the School of Nursing. |
| General note | Advisor: Pauline Vincent |
| Dissertation note | M.S. East Carolina University 1987 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 37-38). |
| Genre/form | Academic theses. |
| Genre/form | Academic theses. |
| Genre/form | Thèses et écrits académiques. |
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