Spinal Cord Injury Update
Fall 2009: Volume 18, Number 3
What you told us: Readers Respond to our Newsletter Survey
Readers tell us how we’re doing
Thank you to the 138 readers who completed our survey in the Summer 2009 issue of this newsletter. We were pleased to learn that most respondents (92%) said they learned new information from the newsletters and that the information has been useful to them (97%) and has helped improve their health or quality of life (65%). Fifty-nine percent reported that they had changed a behavior or taken some action based on new information they learned in the newsletter. Ninety-six percent gave the newsletter a favorable overall rating.
Readers’ top concerns
We asked readers to tell us their top concerns having to do with living with a spinal cord injury and received a variety of responses. Four topics were mentioned far more frequently than any others: (1) research on spinal cord injury repair and recovery, (2) exercise, diet and weight management, (3) pain, and (4) aging with SCI. We will use this feedback to help plan future programs and research and to choose topics for our newsletter.
Keep your comments coming in
Thanks again for taking the time to complete our feedback survey. We appreciate your suggestions and invite you to contact us anytime at scirehab@uw.edu or