What’s
stopping us? 2018SCICure Community Survey – Part II
Welcome
to part II of the 2018SCI Cure Community Survey. In this next post I want to
look at how SCI Cure Community members think about involvement in finding a
cure for spinal cord injury.
I
found some interesting information and also found a few interesting questions
that I should have asked. Those I’ll get to in the end, but first, let’ shave a
look.
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On a scale of 1 to
10, with one being a strong NO and 10 being a strong YES, please rate the
following
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1-2
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3-4
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5-6
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7-9
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9-10
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Total of
7 - 10
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I would like to be more
involved in finding a cure for SCI.
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6
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2
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18
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62
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I would be willing to regularly volunteer
in finding a cure for SCI.
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9
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6
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16
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26
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32
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58
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If I liked an
organization actively campaign for a cure for SCI, I would gladly donate
funds.
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7
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6
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20
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22
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35
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57
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If I liked an
organization actively campaigning for a cure for SCI, I would participate in
that group.
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7
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2
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16
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27
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37
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64
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If I liked an
organization actively campaign for a cure for SCI, I would pay a monthly
subscription/due to that group
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14
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10
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16
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24
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25
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49
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And
the answer that gave me the most hope:
If you would like more information on how you can
get involved in a cure for SCI, please leave your name and email address below.
About
half of all respondents left me their email address.
Now,
let’s talk about this a little.
First,
I have to admit that those who would do a survey like this, are probably the
first ones to raise their hands to cure paralysis, but I think we should take
heart by this showing and think of ways to turn these online results into real
activity.
For
the meantime, I have invited those who left their email addresses to a simple
web forum so that they can share their ideas for becoming active. I also know
that this may not be the best first step as those who raised their hands want
someone to tell them how they can be active. I guess I’ll have to try both
ways.
So,
after doing this survey, what questions do I think I missed.
My
doubts about my questions comes from after looking at the answer to the below
question.
Currently and/or in the past, do you feel that you have personally
been involved with anything that may help lead to a cure for SCI? 44 people out
of a total of 103, about 40% answered YES.
I
think it can be summed up into one question, and please believe that this is
not some kind of accusation and keep following me here.
Let’s
re-examine some questions we’ve already looked at. This time, instead of
looking at all the respondents, let’s just look at those who are on the
positive side, those who picked a 7 to 10 response.
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On a scale of 1 to
10, with one being a strong NO and 10 being a strong YES, please rate the
following
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Total responses
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Total of
7 - 10
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As a %
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I would like to be more
involved in finding a cure for SCI.
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88
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62
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70
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I would be willing to regularly volunteer
in finding a cure for SCI.
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89
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58
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65
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If I liked an
organization actively campaign for a cure for SCI, I would gladly donate
funds.
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90
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57
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63
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If I liked an
organization actively campaigning for a cure for SCI, I would participate in
that group.
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89
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64
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72
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If I liked an
organization actively campaign for a cure for SCI, I would pay a monthly
subscription/due to that group
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89
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49
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55
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Therefore,
comparing those who’ve done something in the past to help CURE versus
those who want to do something to help cure, my questions would be this.
What’s
stopping us?
You’ll
notice I used “us” and not “you”.
Let
me tell you wants stopping me and then you can comment.
Pain.
Time. Belief in efficacy. Fear I don’t know enough.
Does
that sound like you? Let me know and maybe we can keep each other’s faith and
strength high enough to do something about it.
