Healthcare Research

KEY FINDING: Individuals from urban area codes reported a greater magnitude of perceived barriers on the policies and work/school subscales of the CHIEF-SF.

KEY FINDING: The country of residence was the most important factor in facilitating health service access.

KEY FINDING: A large majority (89.2%) of the surveyed individuals with SCI were unemployed, and 77.1% received a disability pension.

KEY FINDING: Family caregivers reduced their working hours by about 23% (8.4 h per week), resulting in a monetary loss of CHF 970 per month.

KEY FINDING: Adherence to the first recommendation, assessment by a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician within 72 h following admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) at the trauma centre, was documented for 18% of patients.

KEY FINDING: In the diffusion period, the recommendations were viewed 60 times from 4 different countries, and 4 new downloads.

KEY FINDING: The top research priority is the need for specialist care from the emergency stage through rehabilitation and lifelong follow-up.

KEY FINDING: The self-care and mobility domains of the SCIM III in the intervention group compared to the control group, as determined through a between-group analysis, showed statistically significant differences.

KEY FINDING: The SeePain resource was generally well-received by people living with SCI and their significant others, who expressed its value under a broad theme of useful and relevant information.

KEY FINDING: Almost 30% of patients with SCI had a recorded allergy to at least 1 antibiotic. Almost 30% of patients with SCI had a recorded allergy to at least 1 antibiotic.