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Objective To survey the survival status, functional status, marital status and the present situation of the survival patients with spinal cord injury 40 years after Tangshan earthquake. Methods From February to May, 2016, a total of 216 patients with spinal cord injury were surveyed with questionnaire, in which 139 cases lived centralized and 77 cases lived scattered. The questionnaire was self-designed and included eleven items and 51 questions, which related to ability of daily life, marital status, employment status and socioeconomic status and so on. Results A total of 960 (25.15%) patients with spinal cord injury survived 40 years after Tangshan earthquake. In 216 surveyed pa-tients, the employment rate was 9.3%, the married rate was 53.2%, and 44.9%earned less than 500 yuan every month. The incidence was 25.9%for pressure score, 50.50%for neuralgia (severe pain accounted for 23.51%), and 19.40%for urinary tract stones. 56%of patients could take their own basic self-care. Conclusion There were many problems such as high complication rate, low employment rate and poor economic condition in the spinal cord injury group 40 years after Tangshan earthquake.
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Objective To explore the effect of living mode on quality of life and life satisfaction of patients with spinal cord injury who survived Tangshan earthquake. Methods From February to May, 2016, 76 patients with spinal cord injury survived the earthquake were in-vestigated, among whom 38 patients lived in the nursing home or rehabilitation village and the other 38 patients discretely lived at home. Their quality of life and life satisfaction were assessed with WHO Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) and Life Satisfaction Assess-ment respectively. Results The scores of physical, psychological, social adaptation and environment field in WHOQOL-BREF were signifi-cantly higher in the concentrated living group than in the scattered living group (t>8.97, P<0.001), as well as the life satisfaction (t=6.55, P<0.001). Conclusion The concentrated living mode could improve the quality of life and life satisfaction of the patients with spinal cord inju-ry survived Tangshan earthquake.