Factors influencing employment among people with spinal cord injury in South Africa

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2022

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Taylor and Francis Group

Abstract

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.

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Employment, Physiotherapy, Disability, South Africa, Social development

Citation

Bezuidenhou, L. et al. (2022). Factors influencing employment among people with spinal cord injury in South Africa. Disability and Rehabilitation. Department of Physiotherapy. UWC. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2022.2151651

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https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2022.2151651
 http://hdl.handle.net/10566/8602

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Research Articles (Physiotherapy)