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García-Rudolph A, Cusso H, Carbonell C, Lopez S, Pla L, Sabaté M, Vazquez P, Opisso E, Hervas A. Community integration after spinal cord injury rehabilitation: Predictors and causal mediators. J Spinal Cord Med 2024:1-12. [PMID: 39133061 DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2024.2386738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/13/2024] Open
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CONTEXT/OBJECTIVE Community integration (CI) is a crucial rehabilitation goal after spinal cord injury (SCI). There is a pressing need to enhance our understanding of the factors associated with CI for individuals with traumatic or non-traumatic etiologies, with the latter being notably understudied. Accordingly, our research explores the associations and potential mediators influencing CI across these populations. SETTING Specialized neurological rehabilitation center. PARTICIPANTS Community-dwelling individuals who were admitted as inpatients within 3 months post-injury (n = 431, 51.9% traumatic, 48.1% non-traumatic), assessed in relation to community integration within 1-3 years after discharge. OUTCOME MEASURE Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ). Covariates: American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS), Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). RESULTS Multiple linear regression yielded age, B AIS grade, educational level (< 6 years and <12 years), time since injury to admission, length of stay, HADS-depression at discharge, total FIM at discharge and three social work interventions (support in financial, legal and transportation services) as significant predictors of total CIQ score (Adjusted R2 = 41.4). Multiple logistic regression identified age, traumatic etiology, educational level (< 6 years and <12 years), length of stay, HADS depression at discharge, total FIM at discharge and one social work intervention (transportation support) as significant predictors of good community integration, AUC (95% CI): 0.82 (0.75-0.89), Sensitivity:0.76, Specificity:0.73. We identified motor FIM at discharge and motor FIM efficiency as causal mediators of total CIQ. CONCLUSIONS We identified modifiable factors during rehabilitation-functional independence, depression, and social work interventions-that are associated with CI.
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- Alejandro García-Rudolph
- Department of Research and Innovation, Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
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Kendrick D, Lindley R, Blackburn L, Roadevin C, Thompson E, Andrews I, Anwar F, Brooks A, Carlton E, Crouch R, Day F, Fallon S, Farrin A, Graham L, Hoffman K, Howell R, Holmes J, James M, Jones T, Kellezi B, Kettlewell J, Morriss R, das Nair R, Richardson D, Smith M, Timmons S, Wright-Hughes A, Radford K. Early vocational rehabilitation and psychological support for trauma patients to improve return to work (the ROWTATE trial): study protocol for an individually randomised controlled multicentre pragmatic trial. Trials 2024; 25:439. [PMID: 38956682 PMCID: PMC11221047 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-024-08183-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Moderately severe or major trauma (injury severity score (ISS) > 8) is common, often resulting in physical and psychological problems and leading to difficulties in returning to work. Vocational rehabilitation (VR) can improve return to work/education in some injuries (e.g. traumatic brain and spinal cord injury), but evidence is lacking for other moderately severe or major trauma. METHODS ROWTATE is an individually randomised controlled multicentre pragmatic trial of early VR and psychological support in trauma patients. It includes an internal pilot, economic evaluation, a process evaluation and an implementation study. Participants will be screened for eligibility and recruited within 12 weeks of admission to eight major trauma centres in England. A total of 722 participants with ISS > 8 will be randomised 1:1 to VR and psychological support (where needed, following psychological screening) plus usual care or to usual care alone. The ROWTATE VR intervention will be provided within 2 weeks of study recruitment by occupational therapists and where needed, by clinical psychologists. It will be individually tailored and provided for ≤ 12 months, dependent on participant need. Baseline assessment will collect data on demographics, injury details, work/education status, cognitive impairment, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic distress, disability, recovery expectations, financial stress and health-related quality of life. Participants will be followed up by postal/telephone/online questionnaires at 3, 6 and 12 months post-randomisation. The primary objective is to establish whether the ROWTATE VR intervention plus usual care is more effective than usual care alone for improving participants' self-reported return to work/education for at least 80% of pre-injury hours at 12 months post-randomisation. Secondary outcomes include other work outcomes (e.g. hours of work/education, time to return to work/education, sickness absence), depression, anxiety, post-traumatic distress, work self-efficacy, financial stress, purpose in life, health-related quality of life and healthcare/personal resource use. The process evaluation and implementation study will be described elsewhere. DISCUSSION This trial will provide robust evidence regarding a VR intervention for a major trauma population. Evidence of a clinically and cost-effective VR intervention will be important for commissioners and providers to enable adoption of VR services for this large and important group of patients within the NHS. TRIAL REGISTRATION ISRCTN: 43115471. Registered 27/07/2021.
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- Denise Kendrick
- Centre for Academic Primary Care, Lifespan and Population Health, School of Medicine, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.
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- Centre for Academic Primary Care, Lifespan and Population Health, School of Medicine, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Centre for Academic Primary Care, Lifespan and Population Health, School of Medicine, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- North Bristol NHS Trust Southmead Hospital, Southmead Road, Westbury-On-Trym, Bristol, BS10 5NB, UK
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- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Tremona Road, Southampton, S016 6YD, UK
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- Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Centre for Academic Primary Care, Lifespan and Population Health, School of Medicine, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 4LP, UK
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- Centre for Trauma Sciences, Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University London, Blizard Institute, 4 Newark St, London, E1 2AT, UK
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- Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Centre for Rehabilitation & Ageing Research (CRAR), Injury, Recovery Sciences and Inflammation (IRIS), School of Medicine, Medical School, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Centre for Academic Primary Care, Lifespan and Population Health, School of Medicine, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ, UK
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- Centre for Academic Primary Care, Lifespan and Population Health, School of Medicine, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Institute of Mental Health, Innovation Park, Triumph Road, Nottingham, NG7 2TU, UK
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- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, The Bays, South Wharf Road, London, W2 1NY, UK
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- Academic Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, LS1 3EX, UK
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- Centre for Health Innovation, Leadership and Learning, Nottingham University Business School, Nottingham, NG8 1BB, UK
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- Centre for Rehabilitation & Ageing Research (CRAR), Injury, Recovery Sciences and Inflammation (IRIS), School of Medicine, Medical School, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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Wan KR, Ng ZYV, Wee SK, Fatimah M, Lui W, Phua MW, So QYR, Maszczyk TK, Premchand B, Saffari SE, Ker RXJ, Ng WH. Recovery of Volitional Motor Control and Overground Walking in Participants With Chronic Clinically Motor Complete Spinal Cord Injury: Restoration of Rehabilitative Function With Epidural Spinal Stimulation (RESTORES) Trial-A Preliminary Study. J Neurotrauma 2024; 41:1146-1162. [PMID: 38115642 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2023.0265] [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] [Indexed: 12/21/2023] Open
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Spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to any part of the spinal cord resulting in paralysis, bowel and/or bladder incontinence, and loss of sensation and other bodily functions. Current treatments for chronic SCI are focused on managing symptoms and preventing further damage to the spinal cord with limited neuro-restorative interventions. Recent research and independent clinical trials of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) or intensive neuro-rehabilitation including neuro-robotics in participants with SCI have suggested potential malleability of the neuronal networks for neurological recovery. We hypothesize that epidural electrical stimulation (EES) delivered via SCS in conjunction with mental imagery practice and robotic neuro-rehabilitation can synergistically improve volitional motor function below the level of injury in participants with chronic clinically motor-complete SCI. In our pilot clinical RESTORES trial (RESToration Of Rehabilitative function with Epidural spinal Stimulation), we investigate the feasibility of this combined multi-modal approach in restoring volitional motor control and achieving independent overground locomotion in participants with chronic motor complete thoracic SCI. Secondary aims are to assess the safety of this combination therapy including the off-label SCS usage as well as improving functional outcome measures. To our knowledge, this is the first clinical trial that investigates the combined impact of this multi-modal EES and rehabilitation strategy in participants with chronic motor complete SCI. Two participants with chronic motor-complete thoracic SCI were recruited for this pilot trial. Both participants have successfully regained volitional motor control below their level of SCI injury and achieved independent overground walking within a month of post-operative stimulation and rehabilitation. There were no adverse events noted in our trial and there was an improvement in post-operative truncal stability score. Results from this pilot study demonstrates the feasibility of combining EES, mental imagery practice and robotic rehabilitation in improving volitional motor control below level of SCI injury and restoring independent overground walking for participants with chronic motor-complete SCI. Our team believes that this provides very exciting promise in a field currently devoid of disease-modifying therapies.
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- Kai Rui Wan
- Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
- Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Neuroscience Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Neuroscience Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
- Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore
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- Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
- Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Neuroscience Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Neuroscience Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
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- Institute for Infocomm Research, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
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- Institute for Infocomm Research, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
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- Center for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
- Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
- Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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Mohamad NBZ, Ng YS, Asano M. Experiences of participating in a vocational rehabilitation program in Singapore. Disabil Rehabil 2024; 46:139-149. [PMID: 36564959 DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2022.2159076] [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: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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PURPOSE The purposes of this study were to (i) describe the lived experiences of participating in a Singaporean vocational rehabilitation (VR) program among individuals with stroke and spinal cord injury and (ii) identify salient features of the program that facilitated their return-to-work process. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a qualitative phenomenological study. Participants were invited to complete an interview about their return-to-work process after acquiring a disability vis-à-vis their participation in a local VR program. The qualitative data were analyzed inductively. RESULTS Twenty-four middle-aged participants with a stroke or spinal cord injury completed the interviews. The participants' experiences with the local VR program were largely positive. Several key features of the VR program were identified. These were: (i) providing a multi-disciplinary and individualized program; (ii) building positive collaborations between service providers and participants; and (iii) supporting personal growth among participants. CONCLUSION The Singaporean VR program demonstrated internationally recommended best practices. These best practices were beneficial for the participants' return-to-work process, as reflected by their positive feedback about the program. Our study emphasizes the need for comprehensive and evidence-based VR programs to meet the complex needs of individuals with disabilities who want to return to work.Implications for rehabilitationMulti- or inter-disciplinary care services are needed in vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs to support the complex return-to-work process of clients.VR programs should have the capacity to provide client-centered care as their clients may experience diverse, yet unique challenges during their return-to-work processVR service providers play a crucial role in engaging and motivating their clients throughout the program to achieve their return-to-work goalsVR service providers should address concurrent or future concerns that could impact on their clients' ability to return to or remain at work.
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- Nizar Bin Zainal Mohamad
- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore
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Raha SS, Yip S, Ho C, Olayinka O, Peláez-Ballestas I, Rame-Montiel AK, MacIsaac R, Henderson R, Kovacs Burns K, Bakal J, Charbonneau R, Kamran R, Loyola-Sanchez A. Novel Application of the World Health Organization Community-Based Rehabilitation Matrix to Understand Services' Contributions to Community Participation for Persons With Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Mixed-Methods Study. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2023; 102:815-822. [PMID: 36917031 DOI: 10.1097/phm.0000000000002220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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PURPOSE The aim of the study is to use the World Health Organization community-based rehabilitation matrix for understanding services' contributions to foster community participation for people with traumatic spinal cord injury. METHODS This study used a convergent mixed-methods design with a quantitative arm describing the frequency with which services contributed to 22 of the community-based rehabilitation-matrix elements and a qualitative arm involving document reviews and stakeholder interviews. Results were integrated following Onwuegbuzie and Teddlie's method (i.e., quan + QUAL). RESULTS Twenty of the 22 (91%) of the World Health Organization community-based rehabilitation elements were addressed by traumatic spinal cord injury services. Five types of services were identified. Integrated results showed that the strengths of traumatic spinal cord injury services were as follows: (1) comprehensiveness; (2) essential medical services publicly funded; (3) numerous social protections available; and (4) highly active community-based organizations. Identified opportunities to improve these services were as follows: (1) increase specificity for traumatic spinal cord injury and (2) increase communication and integration among services. CONCLUSIONS Services available for people with traumatic spinal cord injury in the province studied address most of the elements of the World Health Organization community-based rehabilitation matrix. However, lack of cohesion between services could create gaps that hinder community participation. Addressing these gaps could improve the quality of life and outcomes of people with traumatic spinal cord injury.
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- Srijan S Raha
- From the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (SSR, SY, CH, OO, AL-S); Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (SSR); Faculty of Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (SY); Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Canada (CH, KKB, AL-S); Hospital General de México "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga," México City, Mexico (IP-B); Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (AKR-M); Spinal Cord Injury Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (RM); Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (RH, RC); Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (RH); School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (KKB); Provincial Research Data Services, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Canada (JB); Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Canada (RC); Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (RC); and Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (RK)
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Tholl AD, Lima TCS, Nogueira SPBO, Faleiros F, Marques-Vieira C, Viegas SMF, de Souza JM, Gonçalves N, Nitschke RG, da Cruz DA, Antunes NA, Ilha J. Labour market participation among rehabilitated individuals with spinal cord injury in Brazil: a cross-sectional study. Spinal Cord 2023; 61:119-124. [PMID: 36064765 DOI: 10.1038/s41393-022-00846-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2021] [Revised: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE To document the labour market participation rate and investigate the impact of social and economic characteristics on this outcome among individuals with spinal cord injury or disease (SCI/D) who participated in a multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme in Brazil. SETTING A specialised rehabilitation centre in southern Brazil. METHODS An interview was performed with former rehabilitation clients with SCI/D. A total of 111 community-dwelling individuals with SCI/D who had been previously rehabilitated in a large regional rehabilitation centre were considered. Employment status and demographic, injury, work, and economic characteristics were self-reported via interview. Descriptive statistical analyses were performed. RESULTS The labour market participation rate was 21.6% (24 individuals). Five respondents were employed in formal work activities, and the other 19 were involved in informal activities (self-employed). Since the onset of injury, a shorter time was associated with nonparticipation in occupational work. Individuals with a higher level of education were more likely to be working. Household income was higher among the participants who had returned to work than among those who had not returned. CONCLUSION There is a relatively low labour market participation rate among rehabilitated individuals with SCI/D in southern Brazil. The rehabilitation services should emphasise vocational training, access to education, and employment support for individuals with SCI/D from early onset after the injury. Public policies must be revised to support labour market participation among individuals with SCI/D in Brazil.
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- Adriana D Tholl
- Department of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
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- Department of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- College of Nursing, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Nursing School, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, Campus Centro-Oeste, Divinópolis, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Department of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Department of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Department of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Department of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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Catz A, Itzkovich M, Elkayam K, Michaeli D, Gelernter I, Benjamini Y, Chhabra HS, Tesio L, Engel-Haber E, Bizzarini E, Pilati C, Popolo GD, Baroncini I, Liu N, Margalho P, Soeira TP, Chandy B, Joshi M, Lemay JF, Curran D, Leiulfsrud AS, Sørensen L, Biering-Sorensen F, Kesiktas N, Osman A, Bluvshtein V. Reliability validity and responsiveness of the spinal cord independence measure 4 th version in a multicultural setup. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2021; 103:430-440.e1. [PMID: 34687675 DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2021.07.811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2021] [Revised: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the fourth version of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure for reliability and validity. DESIGN Partly blinded comparison with the criterion standard Spinal Cord Independence Measure III, and between examiners and examinations. SETTING A multicultural cohort from 19 spinal cord injury units in 11 countries. PARTICIPANTS Six hundred and forty-eight patients with spinal cord injury. INTERVENTION Assessment with Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM IV) and Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM III) on admission to inpatient rehabilitation and before discharge. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES SCIM IV interrater reliability, internal consistency, correlation with and difference from SCIM III, and responsiveness. RESULTS Total agreement between examiners was above 80% on most SCIM IV tasks. All Kappa coefficients were above 0.70 and statistically significant (p<0.001). Pearson's coefficients of the correlation between the examiners were above 0.90, and intraclass correlation coefficients were above 0.90. Cronbach's alpha was above 0.96 for the entire SCIM IV, above 0.66 for the subscales, and usually decreased when an item was eliminated. Reliability values were lower for the subscale of respiration and sphincter management, and on admission than at discharge. SCIM IV and SCIM III mean values were very close, and the coefficients of Pearson correlation between them were 0.91-0.96 (p<0.001). The responsiveness of SCIM IV was not significantly different from that of SCIM III in most of the comparisons. CONCLUSIONS The validity, reliability, and responsiveness of SCIM IV, which was adjusted to assess specific patient conditions or situations that SCIM III does not address, and which includes more accurate definitions of certain scoring criteria, are very good and quite similar to those of SCIM III. SCIM IV can be used for clinical and research trials, including international multi-center studies, and its group scores can be compared with those of SCIM III.
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- Amiram Catz
- Department of Spinal Rehabilitation, Loewenstein Rehabilitation Medical Center, Raanana, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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- Department of Spinal Rehabilitation, Loewenstein Rehabilitation Medical Center, Raanana, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Spinal Rehabilitation, Loewenstein Rehabilitation Medical Center, Raanana, Israel
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- Department of Spinal Rehabilitation, Loewenstein Rehabilitation Medical Center, Raanana, Israel
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, and Università degli Studi, Milan, Italy
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Neurological Rehabilitation, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Research Center, SMS Medical College & Associated Hospitals, Jaipur, India
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- St Olav University Hospital, Clinic of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Spinal Cord Injuries, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Innovation, Technology and E-Health, Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital HF, Nesoddtangen, Norway
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- Department of Spinal Cord Injuries, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Istanbul Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation University of Health Sciences, Turkey
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- Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, UK
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- Department of Spinal Rehabilitation, Loewenstein Rehabilitation Medical Center, Raanana, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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