Browse the latest research summaries in the field of healthcare for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2018 • January 1, 2018
This retrospective study examined the impact of education course attendance on health outcomes in patients undergoing acute SCI rehabilitation, focusing on the association between course attendance an...
KEY FINDING: Skin care class attendance was associated with a decreased number of pressure ulcers (PUs) during acute rehabilitation.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2014 • January 1, 2014
Actionable Nuggets™for spinal cord injury (SCI) are a knowledge translation tool facilitating evidence-based primary care practice, originally developed in 2010 and refined in 2013. Evaluation results...
KEY FINDING: In both hard copy and electronic form, physicians report that Actionable Nuggets™are an acceptable and useful approach to providing CME for low-prevalence, high-impact conditions like SCI.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2014 • January 1, 2014
Toronto Rehab’s Spinal Cord Program at the Lyndhurst Centre is the largest rehabilitation program in Canada for people with spinal cord injuries, offering inpatient and outpatient services. The progra...
KEY FINDING: The Spinal Cord Rehab Program provides both inpatient and outpatient services and is an essential link in the continuum of care.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2017 • May 1, 2017
The study aimed to describe the utilization, accessibility, and satisfaction of primary and preventative health-care services of community-dwelling individuals with SCI. The majority of participants r...
KEY FINDING: Ninety-nine percent of respondents had a healthcare visit in the past 12-months with primary care physicians (79%), with SCI physiatrists (77%) and urologists (50%) being the most utilized.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2015 • January 1, 2015
The study aimed to identify factors associated with health-care utilization during the first year after inpatient rehabilitation in individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury. Health-care utilizati...
KEY FINDING: Individuals with greater neurological impairment (C1–4 AIS A–C) or those not discharged home after inpatient rehabilitation had higher health-care utilization in the first year following discharge.
BMC Neurology, 2014 • October 10, 2014
This study aimed to determine the importance of self-management program components for individuals with traumatic SCI and explore their views on program delivery. The results showed that exercise, nut...
KEY FINDING: Exercise, nutrition, pain management, information/education on aging with a SCI, and confidence were rated as 'very important' by the greatest proportion of participants.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2016 • May 1, 2016
This study evaluated the impact of the 2013 revision of the ISNCSCI worksheet on classification performance by comparing it to the 2011 version. The results indicated that the 2013 revision led to a s...
KEY FINDING: The 2013 worksheet revision significantly improved overall classification performance compared to the 2011 revision.
ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2014 • October 29, 2014
This study investigated the economic burden of neuropathic pain (NeP) in US adults by assessing healthcare resource utilization (HRU), productivity, and costs associated with varying pain severity lev...
KEY FINDING: Significant differences were observed across pain severity levels for number of comorbidities, prescription medications, physician office visits, and lost productivity.
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2016 • July 16, 2016
The study investigates the experiences of Swiss healthcare providers in caring for pregnant women with spinal cord injuries (SCI). It identifies challenges related to uncertainty, lack of specific gui...
KEY FINDING: The study identified 'care delivery under uncertainty' as a core challenge for health professionals caring for pregnant women with SCI, due to the rarity of such cases and lack of specialized resources.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2016 • September 1, 2016
Primary care for persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) has long been recognized as an important issue, yet there is no consensus on its specific components, delivery pathways, or models. The 'medical ...
KEY FINDING: Despite the acknowledged importance of primary care for persons with SCI, a standardized approach is lacking, and there is no consensus on its delivery.