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Kovacs Burns K, Bhatia Z, Gill B, van der Nest D, Knox J, Mouneimne M, Buck T, Charbonneau R, Aiello K, Loyola Sanchez A, Kamran R, Olayinka O, Ho C. Measures for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury to Monitor Their Transitions in Care, Health, Function, and Quality of Life Experiences and Needs: A Protocol for Co-Developing a Self-Evaluation Tool. Healthcare (Basel) 2024; 12:527. [PMID: 38470643 PMCID: PMC10930772 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12050527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
Abstract
Evaluating the experiences of persons with spinal cord injury (PwSCI) regarding their transitions in care and changes in health, function, and quality of life is complex, fragmented, and involves multiple tools and measures. A staged protocol was implemented with PwSCI and relevant expert stakeholders initially exploring and selecting existing measures or tools through a modified Delphi process, followed by choosing one of two options. The options were to either support the use of the 10 selected tools from the Delphi method or to co-develop one unique condensed tool with relevant measures to evaluate all four domains. The stakeholders chose to co-develop one tool to be used by persons with SCI to monitor their transition experiences across settings and care providers. This includes any issues with care or support they needed to address at the time of discharge from acute care or rehabilitation and in the community at 3, 6, and 12 months or longer post-discharge. Once developed, the tool was made available online for the final stage of the protocol, which proposes that the tool be reliability tested prior to its launch, followed by validation testing by PwSCI.
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Affiliation(s)
- Katharina Kovacs Burns
- Clinical Quality Metrics/Primary Data Support, Data & Analytics, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB T5J 3E4, Canada
- School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9, Canada
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- Spinal Cord Injury Alberta, Calgary, AB T2H 1H7, Canada
| | - Benveet Gill
- ReYu Paralysis Recovery Centre, Edmonton, AB T5S 1G8, Canada
| | - Dalique van der Nest
- Slave Lake Healthcare Centre (North Zone), Alberta Health Services, Slave Lake, AB T0G 2A2, Canada
| | - Jason Knox
- Tertiary Neurorehabilitation, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB T2N 2T9, Canada
| | - Magda Mouneimne
- Tertiary Neurorehabilitation, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB T2N 2T9, Canada
| | - Taryn Buck
- Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, AB T5G 0B7, Canada
| | - Rebecca Charbonneau
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB T2N 2T9, Canada
| | - Kasey Aiello
- Patient Liaison to Neurosciences, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB T2N 2T9, Canada
| | - Adalberto Loyola Sanchez
- Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, AB T5G 0B7, Canada
| | - Rija Kamran
- Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
| | - Olaleye Olayinka
- Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada
| | - Chester Ho
- Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, AB T5G 0B7, Canada
- Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada
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