Engagement in Daily Occupations and Life Satisfaction among People with Spinal Cord Injuries

Abstract

Fifteen community-based subjects with spinal cord injury were compared with 12 age- and sex-matched cohorts on demographic characteristics, pattern of engagement in daily occupations, levels of satisfaction in performance of home-management and social/community problem-solving skills, overall life satisfaction, and locus of control. Significant differences were found in employment, annual income, and use of time for work and activities other than sleep, rest, self-maintenance, and play. Subjects with spinal cord injury had lower levels of satisfaction than nondisabled counterparts with performance of home-management and social/community problem-solving skills. A significant relationship between satisfaction with performance and overall life satisfaction was found for the total sample (N= 27). No significant differences were found in overall life satisfaction or locus of control between the disabled and nondisabled subsamples.

Keywords

time use activity configuration locus of control

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