Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30552411›Full record

ArticleSpinal cord2019

Non-traumatic spinal cord injury in Norway 2012-2016: analysis from a national registry and comparison with traumatic spinal cord injury.

A Halvorsen, A L Pettersen, S M Nilsen, K Krizak Halle, E Elmenhorst Schaanning, T Rekand

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Spinal cord, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Observational
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Review
  17. Article
  18. Postprandial Hypotension and Spinal Cord Injury.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021
    Article
  19. Article
  20. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

A HalvorsenDepartment of Medical Quality Registries, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway. annette.halvorsen@stolav.no.
A L PettersenDepartment of Medical Quality Registries, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
S M NilsenDepartment of Medical Quality Registries, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
K Krizak HalleDepartment of Medical Quality Registries, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
E Elmenhorst SchaanningDepartment of Spinal Cord Injury, Follow Up (Inpatient), Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Nesodden, Norway.
T RekandDepartment of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2506-9501

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

STUDY

designRegistry-based cross-sectional study.

objectivesTo describe and analyze epidemiological and demographic characteristics of non-traumatic spinal cord injury (NTSCI) and to compare persons with NTSCI and traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI).

settingA total of 225 non-traumatic and 349 traumatic SCI patients were admitted for primary rehabilitation at one of the three specialized SCI departments in Norway (located in Bergen, Trondheim, and Oslo) from 2012 to 2016. Patients who consented to registration in the Norwegian Spinal Cord Injury Registry (NorSCIR) were included.

methodsData were collected using the International SCI Core Data Set, as recommended by the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS). Demographics and injury characteristics were analyzed descriptively. The NTSCI and TSCI groups were compared using a Mann-Whitney U test and chi-square test.

resultsThe mean age of the NTSCI patients was 55 years, and 59% were male. The incidence of NTSCI was 7.7-10.4 per million person-years, which is lower than the incidence of TSCI. NTSCI individuals were older, less severely injured, and their length of stay at the hospital was shorter than the TSCI individuals. The results may be influenced by the inclusion criterion in the registry. This makes the analyzed sample for NTSCI less complete. However, the majority of patients with nonprogressive NTSCI are included in the NorSCIR.

conclusionFor the first time, we are able to provide the national epidemiological status on NTSCI based on available data from the national registry. Further studies are required to improve the capture of NTSCI for future incidence studies.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedNorwayRegistriesSpinal Cord InjuriesTreatment OutcomeYoung Adult

Identifiers

PMID30552411

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.