Browse the latest research summaries in the field of healthcare for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2023 • January 1, 2023
Health technology assessments (HTAs) are important for deciding whether to fund and integrate new healthcare technologies for rehabilitation. Barriers to developing HTAs in rehabilitation may delay or...
KEY FINDING: Identified challenges include the lack of high-quality studies, the interaction between technology and user, short product life cycles, and efficacy estimation difficulties in technologies targeting multiple populations.
Neurosciences, 2024 • January 1, 2024
This study analyzed urine culture results from 151 SCI patients with UTIs to determine common causative organisms and their antibiotic sensitivities based on different voiding methods. The most common...
KEY FINDING: E. coli was found to be the most common cause of UTIs overall, especially in patients using self-intermittent catheterization (SIC) and indwelling catheters (IDC).
PLOS ONE, 2024 • February 22, 2024
This scoping review aimed to identify and summarize the literature on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and virus on healthcare, health outcomes, and experiences in the adult SCI/D population. The r...
KEY FINDING: The pandemic negatively impacted healthcare utilization, access, and outcomes for individuals with SCI/D, although no studies quantified these changes.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2024 • January 22, 2024
This retrospective cross-sectional study identified that individuals with SCI received outpatient antibiotic prescriptions from multiple sources, with rostered primary care practice physicians being t...
KEY FINDING: Rostered-primary care practice physicians prescribed the majority (58.9%) of dispensed antibiotics to the SCI cohort.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2024 • January 1, 2024
The co-design process, including people with SCI and general practitioners, facilitated a shared understanding of problems and identification of needs. The SCI-HMT is a freely accessible resource supp...
KEY FINDING: The SCI-HMT was developed based on participatory research with data synthesis from multiple sources, and five priority health maintenance issues were covered.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2024 • February 26, 2024
The study explores the potential health outcomes and associated costs of introducing videoconference consultations in addition to regular care (VCG) when compared to regular care alone (RCG). During t...
KEY FINDING: The videoconference group (VCG) cost €5212 more for an additional 0.1 QALYs, resulting in an ICER of €52,120 per QALY.
Healthcare, 2024 • February 23, 2024
The study aims to address the complex, fragmented, and multi-faceted evaluation of PwSCI experiences regarding transitions in care, health, function, and quality of life. A staged protocol involving P...
KEY FINDING: Stakeholders chose to co-develop one tool to be used by persons with SCI to monitor their transition experiences across settings and care providers.
Spinal Cord, 2024 • March 16, 2024
This study investigates the experiences of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) during their first year post-injury, focusing on their navigation of rehabilitation, resources, and community reint...
KEY FINDING: Participants experienced an average of four transitions across healthcare institutions within the first three months post-injury, indicating a fragmented care pathway.
Med. Rev., 2024 • September 25, 2023
This article explores the definition, foundation, practice, and development of evidence-based rehabilitation medicine (EBRM). The core of EBRM involves integrating research evidence, clinical expertis...
KEY FINDING: The 14 sub-specialties of EBRM are not balanced, with evidence-based musculoskeletal rehabilitation medicine (EBMRM), evidence-based neurorehabilitation medicine (EBNM), and evidence-based education rehabilitation medicine (EBEDRM) being relatively well-developed.
Global Spine Journal, 2024 • March 1, 2024
This article provides an overview of the methodology used to develop clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for the management of acute and intraoperative spinal cord injury (SCI). The development proces...
KEY FINDING: The development of CPGs for SCI followed the methodology proposed by the Institute of Medicine, the Guideline International Network, and the GRADE Working Group.