Nwuga V C
J Trop Med Hyg. 1979 Feb;82(2):30-3.
A study was conducted to investigate to what extent 76 paraplegics and tetraplegics were able to cope with their environment after discharge from hospital. The results showed that automobile accidents were responsible for most cases of paraplegia and tetraplegia; most patients died within one year of discharge from hospital; there was a significant differential in the survival rate between the upper and lower class patients in favour of the former; the younger the patient the longer was his chances of survival; the higher the lesion the greater were the chances of wife desertion among subjects and the lesser was the chance of survival; and finally none of the subjects except one was employed after discharge from hospital.
一项研究旨在调查76名截瘫和四肢瘫痪患者出院后应对其生活环境的能力。结果显示，大多数截瘫和四肢瘫痪病例是由汽车事故导致的；大多数患者在出院后一年内死亡；上层阶级和下层阶级患者的生存率存在显著差异，前者更具优势；患者越年轻，存活机会越长；损伤越高，患者被妻子抛弃的可能性越大，存活机会越小；最后，除一人外，所有患者出院后均未就业。
