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, 2011 • January 1, 2011
The SCIRehab project utilizes Practice Based Evidence (PBE) methodology to investigate spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation, offering a complementary approach to randomized controlled trials (RCTs)...
KEY FINDING: The SCIRehab project has documented wide variation in the type and amount of treatment provided to patients with SCI, even when considering patient and injury characteristics.
BMJ Open, 2017 • January 1, 2017
The study aims to develop agreed standards of care for patients with traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) due to inconsistent national care standards. A modified e-Delphi process will be used to achiev...
KEY FINDING: The study will obtain expert consensus on specific agreed practice standards and associated ‘best practice’ models of care in the acute postinjury period for patients with TSCI.
JHEOR, 2018 • January 1, 2018
This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of transanal irrigation (TAI) compared to standard bowel care (SBC) for managing neurogenic bowel dysfunction (NBD) in Japanese patients with spinal cord in...
KEY FINDING: The model predicts a lifetime incremental cost of TAI to be 3 198 687 yen compared with SBC.
Medicine, 2019 • March 1, 2019
This study aimed to investigate the knowledge and attitudes of nonpsychiatric physicians regarding suicide in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients and the necessity of structured psychiatric education fo...
KEY FINDING: Significant differences were found between surgical and nonsurgical clinicians regarding awareness and attitude toward suicide and psychiatric consultation.
J Spinal Cord Med, 2006 • January 1, 2006
This case report highlights a preventable thermal injury in a man with tetraplegia due to a wheelchair malfunction. The patient sustained full thickness burns after being stranded in the sun when his ...
KEY FINDING: Wheelchair malfunctions can lead to serious injuries, such as thermal burns, especially for individuals with limited mobility.
British Medical Journal, 1985 • December 14, 1985
A letter discusses three cases where osteopathic manipulation possibly caused spinal cord injuries, emphasizing the need for skilled practitioners and proper interprofessional collaboration. It highli...
KEY FINDING: Three cases are presented where osteopathic manipulation is suspected to have resulted in acute spinal cord injury.
J Spinal Cord Med, 2010 • October 1, 2010
The International Standards for the Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) were reviewed by the ASIA’s Education and Standards Committees, in collaboration with the International ...
KEY FINDING: The ISNCSCI's primary purpose is to serve as an internationally adopted standardized clinical neurological examination and classification for SCI.
Journal of Caring Sciences, 2019 • September 1, 2019
This qualitative study explored barriers to empowering people with spinal cord injury (SCI) from the perspective of healthcare professionals in Iran. The study identified three main themes: lack of pa...
KEY FINDING: Lack of patient-and-family-centered education was a significant barrier, with subthemes including insufficient information, inadequate education, and wrong attitudes towards disability.
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.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2019 • April 20, 2019
The study assessed SCI specialists’ communication with GPs, identifying factors that influence these interactions. Results indicated that most SCI specialists desire improved communication with GPs, b...
KEY FINDING: A majority of SCI specialists (61.8%) reported routinely communicating with GPs, but most (53.4%) rated the communication as only “fair”.