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, 2022 • July 1, 2022
This cross-sectional survey identified health and life domain research priorities for children, adolescents, and young adults with pediatric-onset spinal cord injury (SCI) in England. Data were collec...
KEY FINDING: Parents/caregivers of 2- to 12-year-olds prioritized walking ability, spasms, and pain as top health research priorities, and physical function, home support services, and healthcare access as top life research priorities.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 2022 • November 1, 2022
This study describes the process of adapting an evidence-based patient engagement intervention, E-MR, for inpatient SCI/D rehabilitation using an implementation science framework. The study applied th...
KEY FINDING: Identified factors influencing patient engagement in SCI/D rehabilitation, such as therapist training and patient adjustment to new disabilities.
Digital Health, 2022 • January 1, 2022
This study evaluated the mid-term impacts of a novel telerehabilitation service during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on patient experience, health outcomes, and health service utilization. The servi...
KEY FINDING: Callers were generally satisfied with the telerehabilitation service and found it usable, corroborating pre-pandemic literature.
BMC Health Services Research, 2022 • June 28, 2022
This study investigated healthcare utilization patterns and patient experience among individuals with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) across 22 countries, using data from the International Spinal Cor...
KEY FINDING: Primary care physicians (18%) and rehabilitation physicians (16%) were the most frequently visited healthcare providers.
Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 2022 • June 1, 2022
This study demonstrates the feasibility of investigating text-based page logs to change the overnight paging culture of an inpatient unit. Two sets of nurse-physician meetings (less than 10 minutes ea...
KEY FINDING: The interventions resulted in a stable 25% decrease in nighttime non-urgent pages.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2022 • June 16, 2022
This study explored solutions to improve the prevention of secondary health conditions (SHCs) in people with spinal cord injury (SCI) in South Africa, gathering views from both healthcare users and pr...
KEY FINDING: Participants highlighted the need for health care services closer to where they live for pressure sore management care, weekly check-up and follow-up care.
Health Soc Care Community, 2022 • July 4, 2022
This study investigated the timeframes associated with the NDIS pathway and discharge delays for individuals with disabilities requiring funded supports to leave the hospital. The research found that ...
KEY FINDING: Most participants (72%) experienced a delayed discharge from the hospital.
Health Soc Care Community, 2022 • July 16, 2022
This longitudinal study investigated the impact of lifting social distancing restrictions on priority domains for people with disability including autonomy and participation, access to health services...
KEY FINDING: Participants experienced a significant increase in health conditions after the lifting of social distancing restrictions.
Sexuality and Disability, 2022 • August 6, 2022
The study investigated sexuality support provided by Australian health professionals to people with SCI, revealing it's not routinely provided and that the most frequently reported sexuality was only ...
KEY FINDING: 85% of participants had provided sexuality support, but this was rarely routine.
SSM - Population Health, 2022 • August 17, 2022
This study described the accessibility of healthcare services in South-East Queensland, in terms of potential proximity to services commonly used by people with an acquired disability; and investigate...
KEY FINDING: Access potential was highly variable, particularly for allied health services.