Browse the latest research summaries in the field of public health for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports, 2023 • February 18, 2023
Prioritized focus on preventive care is necessary for a positive impact on the overall health and QOL in this population. Addressing the knowledge gap reported by primary care providers and SCI provid...
KEY FINDING: Preventive care is generally provided by general primary care providers, but not all primary care providers are trained in recognizing and addressing spinal cord injury-specific needs.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020 • September 24, 2020
This study investigates the relationship between individual and country-level characteristics and the partnership status and living situation of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) across 22 cou...
KEY FINDING: Females, younger persons, those with lower income, without paid work, more severe injuries, and longer time since injury were more often single.
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.
Spinal Cord, 2021 • September 22, 2020
This retrospective study aimed to determine the prevalence of respiratory complications in individuals with SCI during initial rehabilitation and their effect on mortality. The study found that a sign...
KEY FINDING: Individuals with respiratory complications during initial rehabilitation had shortened survival compared to those without.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2020 • July 1, 2020
This study investigated the relationship between psychological factors (personality and purpose in life) and cause-specific mortality among individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). The research util...
KEY FINDING: Four of the six psychological factors studied were predictive of all-cause mortality, indicating their significant influence on overall survival after SCI.
Int J Public Health, 2022 • November 30, 2022
This study investigates social inequalities in mental health of persons with SCI from 22 countries considering four distinct individual-level SES indicators (education, household income, financial hard...
KEY FINDING: Financial hardship and subjective status consistently predicted individual-level mental health inequalities across the countries studied.
Spinal Cord, 2020 • June 15, 2020
This study examined the implementation of a community-based model of care for individuals with SCI in Bangladesh, focusing on the experiences of participants and healthcare professionals. The model of...
KEY FINDING: Pressure injuries were a significant concern, discussed in at least one phone call with 43% of participants. Case-managers provided strategies to treat and prevent them.
Alpha Psychiatry, 2022 • July 1, 2022
The letter discusses the development of a culturally sensitive psychosocial care program (COSP) for Chinese people with spinal cord injury (SCI) during inpatient rehabilitation. The COSP program was d...
KEY FINDING: The COSP program showed positive effects on psychosocial outcomes such as coping, depression, anxiety, and quality of life.
Spinal Cord, 2020 • October 7, 2019
This study benchmarks all-cause and cause-specific mortality following NTSCI to the general population (GP). Cause-specific SMRs varied according to etiology. This supports the need for targeted clinica...
KEY FINDING: The mortality rate for persons with NTSCI was 1.6 times greater than that of the general population in Switzerland.
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).