Browse the latest research summaries in the field of healthcare for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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JMIR Formative Research, 2019 • April 25, 2019
To meet the long-term, highly diverse, and changing self-management support needs of PwCCDs, we developed the adaptive mHealth system (iMHere 2.0), which consists of cross-platform client and caregive...
KEY FINDING: The usability of this mHealth app was high; in other words, these 81 participants believed that the mHealth app was easy to learn and comfortable to use, and they were satisfied with the features provided by this mHealth app.
Spinal Cord, 2019 • May 13, 2019
This study estimated the lifetime economic costs of spinal cord injuries (SCI) in the United Kingdom using an incidence-based modeling approach. The model considered direct healthcare costs, costs of ...
KEY FINDING: The estimated lifetime costs for new SCI cases in the UK are £1.43 billion per year, with a mean cost of £1.12 million per case.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019 • August 7, 2019
This scoping review aimed to synthesize the publicly available information about housing supports funded by the major Australian insurance schemes for people with ABI or SCI. There were also notable d...
KEY FINDING: Scheme funding contributions toward housing supports did not differ between ABI and SCI conditions.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2019 • February 21, 2019
The treatment of PI stage III and IV in patients with SCI included input from plastic surgery, rehabilitation medicine, nursing and other involved professions. The cost course of PI treatment in patie...
KEY FINDING: Treatment for severe PIs in SCI patients involves several medical areas like plastic surgery, rehabilitation, and nursing.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2019 • May 20, 2019
The article addresses the tension between CAUTI-reduction guidelines and the specific needs of SCI patients, highlighting the risks associated with protocolized catheter removal in non-specialty cente...
KEY FINDING: Early removal of indwelling catheters in SCI patients by non-specialty centers can lead to adverse outcomes such as autonomic dysreflexia, renal failure, and electrolyte abnormalities.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2019 • May 22, 2019
This editorial addresses the conflict between CAUTI guidelines and patient care in individuals with spinal cord injuries, highlighting the issue of asymptomatic bacteriuria being misdiagnosed as CAUTI...
KEY FINDING: The NHSN guideline definition for CAUTI can lead to misdiagnosis in patients with spinal cord injury who have asymptomatic bacteriuria but meet the criteria of fever and a positive urine culture.
Spinal Cord, 2012 • May 1, 2012
The State of the Science (SoS) conference in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Rehabilitation was held to address the current state and future directions of SCI rehabilitation research. The conference was stru...
KEY FINDING: The SoS conference identified priority goals, barriers to success, essential research approaches, and a vision for the future of SCI rehabilitation over the next 10 years.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 2012 • June 1, 2012
This study assessed the relationships of socioeconomic status (SES) and health care access (HCA) with pressure ulcer (PU) outcomes among individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). The study found that...
KEY FINDING: Household income was significantly associated with PU outcomes after controlling for demographic and injury factors and remained significant after accounting for the HCA factors.
Physiother Can, 2011 • July 1, 2011
The study evaluated the feasibility of using administrative e-claim file review to extract rehabilitation payment data and functional status for persons with work-related SCI. Researchers reviewed 28 ...
KEY FINDING: The process of administrative e-claim file review was not practical for extraction of the targeted data, which included payment data for PT, OT, and psychology services, as well as FIM scores.
Disability & Rehabilitation, 2013 • January 1, 2013
This study investigates the journey of care for individuals with spinal cord injuries (SCI) in Ontario, focusing on the prevention and management of secondary health conditions (SHCs). It employs a ca...
KEY FINDING: The study identified 'fighting' as a major over-arching theme, reflecting the struggles faced by all stakeholders in the prevention and management of SHCs.