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Burridge L, Jones R, Borg SJ, O'Loghlen JJ, Geraghty TJ. Methodologies to measure access to care post-discharge in adults with serious injury-related disability: a scoping review. Disabil Rehabil 2024; 46:1266-1273. [PMID: 37021354 DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2023.2192974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
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PURPOSE This scoping review examined the methodologies used to measure access to care in serious injury-related disability populations, for whom access to care post-discharge has significant implications for patient outcomes and rehabilitation trajectories. METHODS Four electronic databases were searched for literature published between 1 January 2000 and 15 February 2022. Relevant articles needed to relate to access to care in adult community-dwelling trauma and rehabilitation populations. RESULTS The initial search identified 679 articles. Following de-duplication, the title/abstract screening was completed on 533 articles, and 56 full-text articles were reviewed. Thirty-eight articles met the eligibility criteria and were included in this review. Of the 38 studies included, there was large heterogeneity in the methodologies used to measure access to care. Two articles used multidimensional measures of access to care. CONCLUSIONS There is an urgent need to establish the use of multidimensional measures as standard practice in access-to-care research. Failure to account for the multidimensional nature of access to care limits the full realisation of access for people with serious injury-related disability and prevents the implementation of processes that could improve access to health, rehabilitation, and support services and enhance the quality of care for individuals with a serious injury-related disability.
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- L Burridge
- The Hopkins Centre: Research for Rehabilitation and Resilience, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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- The Hopkins Centre: Research for Rehabilitation and Resilience, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
- Division of Rehabilitation, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Metro South Health, Brisbane, Australia
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- The Hopkins Centre: Research for Rehabilitation and Resilience, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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- The Hopkins Centre: Research for Rehabilitation and Resilience, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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- The Hopkins Centre: Research for Rehabilitation and Resilience, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
- Division of Rehabilitation, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Metro South Health, Brisbane, Australia
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Conradsson D, Rhoda A, Mlenzana N, Nilsson Wikmar L, Wahman K, Hultling C, Joseph C. Strengthening Health Systems for Persons With Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in South Africa and Sweden: A Protocol for a Longitudinal Study of Processes and Outcomes. Front Neurol 2018; 9:453. [PMID: 29963007 PMCID: PMC6011127 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background: The provision of specialized care in a time-sensitive manner has shown to be crucial for survival and recovery of functioning after a traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI). However, little is known about the provision of TSCI care in different international contexts; information which is required for strengthening policy and practice. Aims: The overarching aim of this study will be to explore health care processes and outcomes of TSCI care in South Africa and Sweden. Specific aims will be to: (1) describe acute processes of TSCI care, (2) determine acute- and long-term outcomes of TSCI care, and (3) identify predictors for survival, secondary complications, and functioning 12 months post-injury. Methods: A prospective (regional), population-based cohort study where adults with an acute TSCI will be recruited over at least a 1-year period from the City of Cape Town, South Africa, and Stockholm, Sweden. The anticipated sample size inclusive of both international contexts will be 200 participants—based on a power calculation for detecting differences in mortality. Information on the nature and timing of processes of acute care (e.g., transfer logistics, spinal surgery, and specialized SCI care) will be collected on acute care admission and discharge using a standardized form. Survival status, secondary complications, neurological symptoms, functional status, activity, and participation as well as health-related quality of life will be collected at discharge from SCI acute care and at 12-months post-injury. Secondary complications and functioning will be compared between South Africa and Sweden using inferential statistics. To address mortality specifically, the indirect standardization method for differences in mortality between contexts will be used whereby Stockholm will serve as standard for specialize care. For the assessment of factors related to mortality and other outcomes (e.g., neurological and secondary health conditions) multivariate regression analyses will be used to determine independent risk factors. Conclusion: This study offers a unique investigation of the relationship between health care processes and outcomes of TSCI care with the aim of strengthening management guidelines for SCI in South Africa and Sweden.
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- David Conradsson
- Function Area Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, Allied Health Professionals Function, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Physiotherapy Division, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Physiotherapy Department, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Physiotherapy Department, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Physiotherapy Division, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Section Neurorehabilitation, Division of Neurodegeneration, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.,Spinalis Research and Development Unit, Rehab Station Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Section Neurorehabilitation, Division of Neurodegeneration, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.,Spinalis Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Physiotherapy Division, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Physiotherapy Department, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
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Lidal IB, Hjeltnes N, Røislien J, Stanghelle JK, Biering-Sørensen F. Employment of persons with spinal cord lesions injured more than 20 years ago. Disabil Rehabil 2010; 31:2174-84. [PMID: 19903127 DOI: 10.3109/09638280902946952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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PURPOSE The primary objective was to study factors influencing post-injury employment and withdrawal from work in persons who sustained traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) more than 20 years ago. A secondary objective was to study life satisfaction in the same patients. METHOD A cross-sectional study with retrospective data of 165 SCI-patients admitted to Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital 1961-1982. Multiple logistic regression was used to identify predictors for obtaining work post-injury. A Cox proportional hazards regression model was used to study factors influencing early withdrawal from work, i.e. time from injury until discontinuing employment. RESULTS Sixty-five percent of the participants were employed at some point after the injury. Thirty-five percent still had work at the time of the survey. The odds of obtaining work after injury were higher in persons of younger age at injury, higher in males versus females, higher for persons with paraplegia versus tetraplegia, and for persons classified as Frankel D-E compared to a more severe SCI. Factors associated with shorter time from injury until discontinuing employment were higher age at injury, incidence of injury after 1975 versus before, and a history of pre-injury medical condition(s). Life satisfaction was better for currently employed participants. CONCLUSION The study indicates a low employment-rate in persons with SCI, even several years after injury. From the results, we suggest more support, especially to persons of older age at injury and/or with a history of pre-injury medical condition(s), to help them to obtain work and sustain employed for more years after injury.
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- Ingeborg Beate Lidal
- Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 1450 Nesoddtangen, Norway.
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Strandberg T. Adults with acquired traumatic brain injury: experiences of a changeover process and consequences in everyday life. SOCIAL WORK IN HEALTH CARE 2009; 48:276-297. [PMID: 19360531 DOI: 10.1080/00981380802599240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The purpose of this study is to illuminate the changeover process, support, and consequences experienced by adults who acquired traumatic brain injury (TBI). Fifteen persons were in-depth interviewed using a semi-structured interview guide. Data were analyzed by latent-content analysis and structured into six themes. Consequences were negative as well as positive. Significant others were important as a driving force for training and life-situation. The informants were initially satisfied with social supports but in the longer term became more critical regarding accessibility to such supports. The majority had difficulties in returning to working life after injury. The outcomes seemed to be a prolonged process, probably never-ending, which gradually became integrated as a part of life.
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- Thomas Strandberg
- The Swedish Institute for Disability Research (SIDR), Orebro University, Orebro, Sweden.
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Ones K, Yilmaz E, Beydogan A, Gultekin O, Caglar N. Comparison of functional results in non-traumatic and traumatic spinal cord injury. Disabil Rehabil 2007; 29:1185-91. [PMID: 17653992 DOI: 10.1080/09638280600902661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE This study was conducted primarily to be a descriptive study about non-traumatic (NT) spinal cord injury (SCI) patients, in terms of their demographic and neurological features, and to investigate the complications and efficient results of rehabilitation in this group. The second aim of the study was to conduct a comparison between non-traumatic SCI patients and traumatic SCI patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS The design was a retrospective study at a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training and Research center. The study was carried out with 194 patients, of whom 63 had non-traumatic SCI and 131 had traumatic SCI. Main outcome measures were: Demographics, etiology, Functional Independent Measure score, and level of injury. RESULTS A total of 32.47% (n = 63) of the patients in the study had a non-traumatic SCI. In traumatic SCI group, the proportion of male patients were significantly more than the proportion of female patients (p = 0.002). Admission FIM score of non-traumatic SCI group was better than the traumatic SCI group (p = 0.004). The comparison of discharge FIM scores between traumatic SCI and non-traumatic SCI groups did not yield any significant results (p = 0.303). However, the comparison of FIM gain between the two groups showed a significant difference (p = 0.03). The most common complication in non-traumatic SCI group was urinary tract infection and this was observed in 25 patients (39.68%). CONCLUSIONS The present study showed that there are certain differences between NT and traumatic SCI patients. Therefore, not all SCI patients should be considered to be falling under a single category, and should be divided into groups on the basis of the etiology of the injury. It is important to consider this information while developing the targets and planning of the rehabilitation program.
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- Kadriye Ones
- Istanbul Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
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