[Employment after spinal cord injury - about observations]

ABSTRACT

Spinal cord Injury management requires the collaboration of several structures of which the professional rehabilitation center located in La Manouba. This center contribute to the improvement of professional reintegration of spinal cord injured persons. to evaluate employment among spinal cord injured patients rebabilited in this center. a retrospective study of 34 patients with spinal cord injury [8 females and 26 males] mean aged 3005 years All patients had a professional training in the professional rehabilitation center after spinal cord injury 19 patients [55 8%] had a primary academic level and 14 patients [41 2%] had a secondary academic level. Before spinal cord injury, 27 patients [80%] were employed or had a school activity. Autonomy was satisfactory at 29 patients [88%]. After professional training, the rate of employment was 67.8%. Patients Aged> 30 years and those having a better functional autonomy had a better employment rate Sex, academic level and professional status before spinal cord injury have no influence on the employment rate. The rate of professional reintegration m spinal cord injured patients after professional rehabilitation is very satisfactory giving evidence of the efficiency of this rehabilitation It would be interesting to confirm this result by a prospective study