Browse the latest research summaries in the field of public health for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
Showing 231-240 of 317 results
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2018 • January 1, 2018
This retrospective study analyzed data from 241 SCI patients admitted to a rehabilitation hospital in Kuwait between 2010 and 2015. It aimed to describe the epidemiological profile of SCI in Kuwait, d...
KEY FINDING: Road traffic accidents (RTA) were identified as the main cause of traumatic SCI (TSCI) in Kuwait, accounting for 52.9% of cases.
PLoS ONE, 2018 • February 23, 2018
The study examined support service utilization and out-of-pocket healthcare payments among Canadians with neurological conditions. It found that informal support is more prevalent than formal support,...
KEY FINDING: Canadians with neurological conditions receive more informal assistance than formal assistance.
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2018 • March 21, 2018
This study analyzed traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCI) in the Canary Islands, Spain, between 2001 and 2015 to identify epidemiological changes. Data from 282 patients were examined to determine tre...
KEY FINDING: The crude incidence rate was 9.3 cases per million people/year.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2018 • January 30, 2018
This retrospective study analyzed the epidemiological profile of individuals with SCI treated at the Sarah Network in Brazil in 2014. The study found that SCI predominantly affects young men, with gun...
KEY FINDING: Gunshot wounds were identified as the primary cause of SCI in the studied population, particularly affecting male individuals with thoracic injuries, often resulting in complete SCI.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2018 • July 15, 2018
This retrospective study analyzed hospital admissions in Iceland over a 5-year period to assess the epidemiology of traumatic spinal fractures (SFs) and associated spinal cord injuries (SCI). The stud...
KEY FINDING: Spinal fractures led to spinal cord injury in 9% of patients.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2019 • July 1, 2019
This study examined the association between the etiology of spinal cord injury (SCI) and time to mortality using data from 42,627 cases in the SCI Model System Collaborative Survival Study Database fr...
KEY FINDING: Compared to sports-related SCIs, medical-related SCIs had twice the hazard for mortality.
South African Journal of Physiotherapy, 2017 • October 20, 2017
This study assessed community integration among adults with disabilities after discharge from an in-patient rehabilitation unit using the Reintegration to Normal Living Index (RNLI). The findings indi...
KEY FINDING: The mean overall RNLI score was 66.3 (± 25.5), indicating relatively low community reintegration among participants.
Am J Infect Control, 2019 • February 1, 2019
This retrospective cohort study assessed the impact of varying federal definitions of CRE on its prevalence and characteristics among Veterans with SCI. The study found that CRE prevalence varied depe...
KEY FINDING: CRE prevalence varied based on the definition used, with definitions including ertapenem resistance leading to higher prevalence.
African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2016 • July 22, 2016
This study describes the demographics, injury characteristics, and management of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) victims at a tertiary referral center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The study found tha...
KEY FINDING: The mean age of patients was 33 years, and 86% were male.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2018 • May 3, 2018
This study investigated the relationship between community reintegration and selected clinical and psychosocial attributes of individuals with SCI in Nigeria. The study found that improvements in clin...
KEY FINDING: Clinical and psychosocial attributes improved significantly over the 3 months post-discharge.