ReviewBulletin of emergency and trauma2018
Epidemiological Characteristics of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (TSCI) in the Middle-East and North-Africa (MENA) Region: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- The Lived Experience of Return to Work in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury in Saudi Arabia: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Lebanese healthcare professionals toward multidisciplinary spinal cord injury rehabilitation.Spinal cord series and cases · 2026Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life of Spinal Cord Injury Patients Visiting the Outpatient Clinic of a Tertiary Care Rehabilitation Center in Saudi Arabia: Results from a Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Depression and Social Support Among Hospitalized Patients with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Prospective Cohort Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A Comparative Study of Discrepancies between Global Burden of Disease Estimates and Published Literature on Spinal Cord Injury Incidence at the Country Level: Methodological Insights and Future Directions.Neuroepidemiology · 2026Article
- Epidemiology of Traumatic Spinal Fractures at Ibra Hospital, Oman: A Retrospective Study With Regional Comparisons.Cureus · 2026Article
- Perioperative transfer of patients with potential spinal injury: A survey-based pre- and post-intervention study of a targeted training program.Qatar medical journal · 2026Article
- Regional and National Burden of Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury in North Africa and Middle East Regions, 1990-2021: A Systematic Analysis for The Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2025Article
- Epidemiological Characteristics of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- Epidemiology features of traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injury in China, Wuhan.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Incidence and etiology of traumatic spinal cord injury in Rwanda: a prospective population-based study.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Psychosocial reintegration post-traumatic spinal cord injury in Rwanda: An exploratory study.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2024Article
- Quality of Life after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in Rwanda, the Impact of Personal and Contextual Factors: A Follow-Up Exploratory Study.Rwanda journal of medicine and health sciences · 2023Article
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Epidemiological Features of Spinal Cord Injury in Wuhan, China: A Comparative Study in Different Time Periods.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- The Temporal and Spatial Changes of Autophagy and PI3K Isoforms in Different Neural Cells After Hypoxia/Reoxygenation Injury.Molecular neurobiology · 2023Article
- Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injury in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Iranian journal of public health · 2023Review
- Stem cell-based combinatorial therapies for spinal cord injury: a narrative review of current research and future directions.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Incidence of traumatic spinal cord injury worldwide: A systematic review, data integration, and update.World neurosurgery: X · 2023Review
- Epidemiological features of traumatic spinal cord injury in Wuhan, China.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Article
- Systematically Investigating the Pharmacological Mechanism ofEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo systematically search the literature and to summarize current evidence pertaining to the epidemiology of SCI in the MENA region incidence, gender, age, type of the injury and etiology of the injury.
methodsEmbase, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and EBSCOhost were systematically searched from their dates of inception till July 2017 for English and non-English language articles. Also, regional databases were searched. Data were extracted from eligible articles and pooled under the random effect model using
resultsWe identified 29 articles from seven countries in the MENA region (Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait and Qatar). The mean age of the cases at time of injury was 31.32 (95% CI: 28.74-33.91). The random pooled annual incidence of TSCI per million was 23.24 (95% CI: 5.64-49.21). Pooled proportion of male gender was 77% (95% CI 73-80%) of the cases. Complete paraplegia was the most common type of injury. Thoracic level injury predominated. Also, the most commonly affected age group was 20-29 then 30-39. Motor vehicle accidents were found to be the leading cause of injury, then falls, gunshot, violence and sports. Further meta-regression analysis showed no association between age and etiology of the injury.
conclusionThis review shows lack of evidence about SCI in most countries of the MENA region. More epidemiological studies are needed.
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