Socijalna integracija kao determinanta kvaliteta života osoba sa traumatskom paraplegijom
Social Integration As Determinant Of The Quality Of Life Of Persons With Traumatic Paraplegia

Summary/Abstract: Social integration has a conceptual frame in its essence, and that is „social inclusion“. It is the result of a set of processes, encompassing a broad scope of activities such are: functional rehabilitation, education, professional orientation, professional training, with ultimate professional rehabilitation (or professional reintegration). Social integration implies a complete inclusion into socialeconomic and cultural life of community, meaning the family, work and social environment. The problem of social integration primarily pertains to difficulties related to somaticpsychological damages, i.e. disorders in conduct during interaction with social environment. However, it undoubtedly points to the role of society and social environment as a very important generator of difficulties in social integration. Majority of people with motor disorders has a problem to actively participate in carrying out their daily life activities and participation in social community in the desired manner or in the manner he/she used to carry them out before the occurrence of disability. Persons with traumatic paraplegia were injured during life, with occurrence of lesion of neural elements in spinal canal, which can be partial or complete and give the clinical picture of paraparesis or paraplegia. From that moment, the moving of people from this population has become linked to wheelchair, with accompanying problems, difficulties and complications. Social rehabilitation is the final goal of rehabilitation process and it will significantly define the quality of life of these persons.

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