The Journal of Korean Society of Community-Based Occupational Therapy Vol.2 No.1 pp.97-104
Influence of Leisure Activity by the Spinal Cord Injury on Quality of Life
Key Words : Spinal cord injury,Leisure activity,Satifiction of leisure,Quality of life
Abstract
Objective : This research was conducted in order to identify the influence of leisure activity by the spinal cord injury(SCI) on quality of life and present it as evidence for occupational therapy intervention. Methods : The experiment was conducted from October 2010 to March 2011 and was subjected 120 SCI of 9 administration. In use of SPSS 12, 94 samples from 120 SCI were analysis by freqency analysis, T-test and One-way ANOVA. Results : The satisfaction of leisure depending on SCI level and level of paralysis had a significant differences statistically(p< .05). Conclusion : From the research, it was identified that satisfaction of leisure can be improve depending on the level of injury and classification of paralysis, and leisure activity is related to the satisfaction of leisure and quality of life.