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Spinal Cord Injury Update

Winter 2008: Volume 17, Number 1

 

Reader Survey Results

Thank you to all our readers who took the time to complete the newsletter survey from the last issue. We heard from 85 of you (so far; responses are still trickling in) and are grateful for your feedback on how the newsletter is serving your information needs and what we can do to improve it.

We were pleased to learn that most respondents (93%) said they learned new information from the newsletters, and that the information has been useful to them (87%) and has helped improve their health or quality of life (62.5%). A total of 57% reported they had changed a behavior or taken some action based on information they learned in the newsletter.

The majority of respondents (92%) gave the newsletter a favorable overall rating, with 80% reporting that the content and writing are “about right” (not too technical nor too basic).

The top ten issues of greatest interest to readers were: pain (51%), recovery or cure (47%), aging (46%), assistive technology (42%), bowel management (40%), equipment (39%), fitness/exercise (36%), profiles of persons with SCI (33%), skin care (31%) and bladder management (29%). Many of these topics have been covered in recent issues, and we will be sure to continue addressing these and other topics you identified in our various education activities (SCI Forums, newsletters and pamphlets) in the future.