Healthcare Research

KEY FINDING: The review found that KT in SCI is a relatively new field with limited publications, most of which were published after 2000.

KEY FINDING: Higher physical and mental health status were independently associated with greater perceptions of holistic care and empathy.

KEY FINDING: Clinicians misclassified the motor level in variant 1 (intact C5/C6 myotomes) more frequently (33.15%) compared to variant 2 (2.17%), where C5/C6 myotomes were not intact.

KEY FINDING: Hospitalization rates for ACS conditions increased more dramatically with ADL limitation stage than did rates for non-ACS conditions.

KEY FINDING: Biomarkers can characterize pathophysiology during rehabilitation and recovery, and interrelationships between biomarkers and other innate factors can influence long-term functional outcome, disability and recovery path.

KEY FINDING: Risk assessment completion rates improved from 29% to 82% following the implementation of best practices.

KEY FINDING: Patients with SCI-NeP had significantly higher percentages of physician office visits, emergency department visits, SCI- and pain-related procedures, and outpatient prescription utilization compared to the SCI-only cohort.

KEY FINDING: Transfer delays from the trauma site to the SCI center significantly contribute to surgical delays.

KEY FINDING: AT users often feel misunderstood by society, government, insurers, and healthcare providers, leading to unmet needs and a lack of support.

KEY FINDING: The study found that the UW-SES short form has scalar invariance across the four diagnostic subgroups (MD, MS, PPS, and SCI).