Perceived educational needs from individuals with SCI perspective.
| Perceived educational needs | Perspective |
|---|---|
| Personal educational needs | |
| Personal independence and transportation | “..I need knowing about hydrotherapy because it helps me to prevent pressure ulcer, and spasticity.” (A 36-year-old bachelorette man with complete paraplegia). |
| Financial independence | “…I wonder to know how to prevent my muscular atrophy”(A 36-year-old female with complete paraplegia). |
| Life skills modifications | “… I really need to know how to have an enjoyable sex….”(A25-year-old graduated man with incomplete tetraplegia). |
| Prevention of SCI complications | “… I am so interested to be trained in art or music to have an independent financial life… “(A 30-year-old graduated man with incomplete paraplegia). |
| Knowledge about SCI | “… I wonder if I can learn computing and information technology (IT), to facility my life style more (a 45-year-old bachelorette man with incomplete paraplegia). |
| Relationships and Sexual function | “.. Well I really need to know about how can be adjusting on transportation vehicles such as wheelchair …”(A 30- year-old bachelorette woman with complete tetraplegia). |
| Psychological adjustment | “…I am interested in knowing about how SCI effect on reproductive organs and digestive system…”(A 45-year-old bachelorette man with incomplete paraplegia). |
| “…I think it is very important to know about how I can accept my current state…” (A 33 year old graduated man with complete paraplegia). | |
| Family educational needs | |
| Caregiver skills and communication | “…I truly need my family to understand my distraught and respect my mental privacy and independence…” (A 30-year-old post graduate women with complete paraplegia). |
| First Aid and Emergency skills | “…I believed that family and caretakers need to receive proper briefings and training even prior to us…” (A 29-year old associated degree man with complete paraplegia) |
| Emotional and psychological support | “… even though my family are very cooperative and have learned a lot in the past decade there are still many ways to ease the tasks…” (A 30-year-old graduate women with incomplete tetraplegia). |
| Societal educational needs | |
| Social integration | “…I stated that the society should learn to embrace a person with SCI without discrimination and bias, and most importantly provide a convenient social environment where those with SCI and disabilities can continue their education and enter the job market…”(An 18-year-old graduate man with complete paraplegia). |
| Interpersonal communication skills | “…Member of the society must learn about social dignity and cease pitying or staring at parson with SCI in an unpleasant way…”(A 42-year-old man with Primary education and complete paraplegia). |
| SCI awareness and injury prevention | “…general public are truly unaware of the significance of the nervous system, how it operates, and how the possible injuries can be prevented…”(a retired 53-year-old associate degree man with incomplete paraplegia). |
| Sympathize while avoiding pity | “…the society should have a more realistic understanding of the shortcomings that a spinal cord injured person struggles with, particularly about marriage and sex-life…” (A 36-year-old woman with incomplete paraplegia). |
SCI - spinal cord injury