Browse the latest research summaries in the field of public health for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2020 • June 1, 2020
Primary care is essential for preventive care and health maintenance in individuals with SCI. Primary care must be accessible, knowledgeable about SCI-related issues, flexible, and instrumental in coo...
KEY FINDING: Individuals with SCI may not receive the same preventive healthcare as the general population due to various barriers, including inaccessibility, lack of PCP knowledge, and systematic issues.
Am J Prev Med, 2020 • December 1, 2020
The study evaluated the feasibility and effectiveness of the GLB-AIM program, an intensive lifestyle intervention adapted for individuals with mobility impairment. Results from the six-month randomize...
KEY FINDING: Participants in the immediate group experienced significant weight loss compared to the delayed group after six months.
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020 • September 30, 2020
The present study explores the demographic characteristics, cause of injury, and clinical conditions of patients with SCI, who have availed the neurorehabilitation services. SCI affects the QoL and we...
KEY FINDING: The mean age was 32.39 years and majority of the patients were young married males.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 2021 • April 1, 2021
The study developed and validated item banks to measure social attitude barriers and facilitators for people with disabilities using the Rasch model. The resulting item banks demonstrated good reliabi...
KEY FINDING: The Social Attitude Facilitators item bank, after combining some response categories, consisted of 30 items and showed high reliability (0.93).
Chinese Journal of Traumatology, 2020 • October 20, 2020
The authors emphasize the need for interdisciplinary SCI rehabilitation in low-middle income countries to improve outcomes and reduce complications for patients with gunshot-related spinal cord injuri...
KEY FINDING: Early rehabilitation decreases complications and improves outcomes.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2020 • January 1, 2020
This document is a correction notice for an article published in Spinal Cord Series and Cases. The correction pertains to an error in the author affiliations of the original article. The omitted affil...
KEY FINDING: The institute name [Stellenbosch University] was omitted in affiliation 2.
BMC Palliative Care, 2021 • January 8, 2021
This study assessed the palliative care needs of patients with advanced illnesses in Bhutan, revealing significant symptom burden and impaired functioning. The findings emphasize the importance of dev...
KEY FINDING: Patients with advanced illnesses reported low to moderate scores in physical, role, emotional, cognitive, and social functioning.
BMC Neurology, 2021 • March 5, 2021
This study explored the association between economic indicators and the incidence of tetraplegia from traumatic SCI in Taiwan from 2002 to 2015. The study found a consistent inverse correlation betwee...
KEY FINDING: The incidence of various types of SCI, including traumatic SCI and tetraplegia, was inversely correlated with GDP per capita.
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2021 • April 7, 2021
This study investigates the epidemiological characteristics of traumatic spinal cord injuries (TSCI) caused by falls, comparing low falls and high falls. Data from 1858 TSCI cases admitted from 2010 t...
KEY FINDING: Falls are a leading cause of TSCI, with high falls becoming more common.
BMC Health Services Research, 2021 • March 2, 2021
This study investigated the impact of geospatial variables on access to specialist care for patients with acute TSCI across NSW and revealed that despite over half of the patients being injured within...
KEY FINDING: Over half (53%) of patients were injured within 60 minutes of a SCIU, but only 28.6% were directly transferred.