Research Article
Reliability of the Nepali Version of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure Self-Report
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants (
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| Items | Frequency (%) |
| Age | | 18-30 | 29 (64.4) | 31-45 | 13 (28.9) | 46-60 | 3 (6.7) | Gender | | Male | 37 (82.2) | Female | 8 (17.8) | Type of disability | | Quadriplegia | 8 (17.8) | Paraplegia | 37 (82.2) | AIS grade | | A | 35 (77.8) | B | 6 (13.3) | C | 4 (8.9) | Education level | | Uneducated/never been to the school | 1 (2.2) | Primary education | 4 (8.9) | Secondary education | 6 (13.3) | Higher secondary level | 23 (51.1) | Bachelor level | 6 (13.3) | Masters or higher | 5 (11.1) | Ethnicity | | Brahmin | 11 (24.4) | Chhetri | 11 (24.4) | Magar | 7 (15.6) | Newar | 5 (11.1) | Sherpa/Tamang | 5 (11.1) | Tharu | 2 (4.4) | Gurung | 2 (4.4) | Thakuri | 1 (2.2) | Rai/Limbu | 1 (2.2) | Etiology | | Disease | 2 (4.4) | Falls | 23 (51.1) | Road traffic accident | 14 (31.1) | Sports injuries | 4 (8.9) | Disaster | 2 (4.4) | Mode of administration | | Paper-pencil version | 27 (60) | E-SCIM-SR | 18 (40) | Assistance | | Assistance required | 2 (4.4) | Assistance not required | 43 (95.6) |
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: number of participants; AIS: American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale. |