Table 2 The table contains the specific parameters to which the 87 patients responded.
Parameters | Yes | No | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Living factors | |||
Living together with other persons | 44 (50%) | 43 (50%) | n.s. |
In employment | 19 (22%) | 68 (78%) | n.s. |
Driving car | 57 (66%) | 30 (34%) | n.s. |
Consciousness of nutrition | 40 (46%) | 47 (54%) | n.s. |
Smoking | 19 (22%) | 68 (78%) | n.s. |
Regular physical activity | 36 (41%) | 51 (59%) | n.s. |
Physiotherapy more than 12 times per year | 32 (37%) | 55 (63%) | n.s. |
Mobility function | |||
Mobile without aids | 28 (32%) | 59 (68%) | n.s. |
Standing without aids | 37 (43%) | 50 (57%) | n.s. |
Mobile with crutches | 27 (31%) | 60 (69%) | n.s. |
Using orthosis | 16 (18%) | 71 (82%) | # |
Permanent wheelchair user | 49 (56%) | 38 (44%) | n.s. |
Sensory function | |||
Reduced or missing sensibility | 83 (95%) | 4 (5%) | # |
Stoma/Diapers | |||
Appendicostomy | 16 (18%) | 71 (82%) | n.s. |
Urostomy | 30 (34%) | 57 (66%) | n.s. |
Colostomy | 12 (14%) | 75 (86%) | # |
Diapers | 49 (56%) | 38 (44%) | n.s. |
Neuropsychological deficits | |||
Memory deficit | 44 (51%) | 43 (49%) | 0.02 |
Learning difficulties | 52 (60%) | 35 (40%) | n.s. |
Concentration difficulties | 54 (62%) | 33 (38%) | n.s. |
Speech deficit | 5 (6%) | 82 (94%) | # |
Simultaneous capacity deficit | 55 (63%) | 32 (37%) | n.s. |
Orientation problems | 44 (51%) | 43 (49%) | n.s. |
Additional neurological diagnosis | |||
Hydrocephalus | 58 (67%) | 29 (33%) | n.s. |
Shunt | 54 (62%) | 33 (38%) | n.s. |
Syringomyelia | 9 (10%) | 17 (20%) | # |
Tethered cord | 45 (52%) | 17 (20%) | n.s. |
Surgical treated Arnold Chiari malformation | 16 (18%) | 71 (82%) | 0.02 |
Sore management | |||
Previous sores/current sores | 45/26 (52/30%) | 16 (18%) | 0.004 |
Skin inspection by others | 18 (21%) | 69 (79%) | n.s. |
Plastic surgery | 15 (17%) | 72 (83%) | n.s. |