Browse the latest research summaries in the field of healthcare for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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JMIR Formative Research, 2025 • February 24, 2025
This study evaluated the effectiveness of financial support workshops for patients with DCM under state pension age in the UK. The workshops, focusing on UC and PIP, were delivered in partnership with...
KEY FINDING: Participants rated the usefulness of the UC and PIP sessions highly, with average ratings of 9.00/10 and 10/10, respectively.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2018 • January 1, 2018
This study compared CAM practices and beliefs among individuals with SCI, their friends and family (F&F SCI), and healthcare professionals (HCP). The findings revealed that patients with SCI and their...
KEY FINDING: Patients with SCI and their friends and family were more likely than HCP to have used CAM.
JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA, 2012 • September 1, 2012
The Access to Care and Timing (ACT) project uses Operations Research techniques to model and optimize the health care delivery system for traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) in Canada. Process mapping ...
KEY FINDING: There was wide diversity in how care is provided among the SCI centers.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2016 • January 1, 2016
The SCI DMP pilot program evaluated a telehealth approach to managing patients with spinal cord injuries. The program involved patients using data messaging devices to respond to questions about their...
KEY FINDING: Patients found the SCI DMP most helpful for new injuries and those with recurring clinical needs.
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2014 • April 1, 2014
The study compares accessibility to medical services between Korean people with spinal cord injury (SCI) and a control group (CG). It found that people with SCI experienced more difficulties accessing...
KEY FINDING: A significantly higher percentage of individuals with SCI (16.5%) reported difficulties in accessing medical services compared to the control group (4.1%).
Antibiotics, 2022 • December 13, 2022
This retrospective study evaluated urine cultures from a rural hospital in Ghana between October 2019 and December 2021 to assess antimicrobial resistance (AMR) rates of uropathogens. The study found ...
KEY FINDING: Escherichia coli was the most frequently identified bacterial species in positive urine cultures, representing 42.7% of cases.
BMC Health Services Research, 2018 • March 8, 2018
This qualitative study explored the communication and information needs of 65 major trauma patients over three years post-injury, revealing significant challenges in accessing, using, and understandin...
KEY FINDING: Many patients experienced barriers to communication with health professionals across different care settings, including hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, and the community.
Intensive Care Med, 2019 • October 28, 2019
The study addresses the absence of evidence-based algorithms for managing severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) by developing a consensus-based algorithm for patients undergoing intracranial pressure (...
KEY FINDING: Consensus established 18 interventions as fundamental for sTBI care and ten treatments not to be used except in special circumstances.
PLoS ONE, 2016 • August 24, 2016
The study investigated the long-term cost-effectiveness of transanal irrigation (TAI) in patients with neurogenic bowel dysfunction (NBD) who have failed standard bowel care (SBC). A deterministic Mar...
KEY FINDING: The model predicts that a 30-year old SCI patient with a life expectancy of 37 years initiating TAI will experience a 36% reduction in FI episodes.
J Pain, 2007 • September 1, 2007
This study investigated the influence of psychosocial variables on adjustment to chronic pain in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). It examined the relationships between pain-related beliefs, ...
KEY FINDING: Greater catastrophizing and the belief that pain signals damage were linked to increased pain interference and poorer mental health.