SynthesisBMC musculoskeletal disorders2020
The global burden of pressure ulcers among patients with spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Peer-supported interventions for people with spinal cord injury.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- The frequency of osteomyelitis after pressure injury in spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Spinal cord series and cases · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review of nursing students' attitude and related factors towards pressure ulcer prevention.International wound journal · 2023Pooled it
- Nutritional Intakes of People With Spinal Cord Injury Who Have Pressure Injuries in Hospital: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- Cost-utility analysis and impact on the environment of videoconference in pressure injury. A randomized controlled trial in individuals with spinal cord injury.Spinal cord series and cases · 2024Trial
- What is known about pressure injury prevention and management approaches among individuals with mobility impairments participating in disability sport? A scoping review.Australian occupational therapy journal · 2026Review
- Pressure ulcers in individuals with spinal cord injury: a comparative analysis of healing outcomes in inpatient and outpatient settings.Spinal cord · 2026Article
- Bridging the Gap Between Awareness and Behaviour in Pressure Injury Prevention: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Self-Management in People With Spinal Cord Injury.International wound journal · 2026Article
- Navigating Spinal Safety: Critical Care Nurses' Experiences of Caring for Patients With Spinal Trauma and Disorders.Nursing in critical care · 2026Article
- Economic burden of pressure injury prevention and treatment in denervated gluteal muscles following spinal cord injury - a Retrospective Cohort study.Spinal cord · 2026Article
- Wheelchair user and clinician-centered design of a mobile pressure mapping app and dashboard: A pre-implementation development study.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2026Article
- Using Social Media Listening to Understand the Pressure Injury Experience: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.JMIR nursing · 2026Article
- Continuous low-frequency pelvic nerve stimulation for therapy of intractable gluteal/heel pressure ulcers in persons with spinal cord injury.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2026Article
- The Correct Nutritional Intake in the Prevention and Treatment of Skin Lesions in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2026Review
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- Temporal trends in major in-hospital and immobility-related complications following traumatic spinal cord injury: a retrospective cohort study.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2026Article
- Prevention and Care of Pressure Ulcers in Long-Term Bedridden Adult and Older Adult Patients in the Community: A Systematic Review.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2026Review
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- Relationship of Seat Interface Pressure to Change in Center of Pressure During Manual Wheelchair Pressure Redistribution Maneuvers.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Spinal Cord Injury Epidemiology and Causes: A Worldwide Analysis with 2050 Projections.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundPressure ulcers (PU), one of the common challenging public health problems affecting patient with spinal cord injury. PUs occurs over bony areas of the body where pressure and tissue distortion is greatest. It has a significant impact to the patient and health care system. Moreover, it has psychological, physical, social burden and decrease the quality of life (QoL) of patients. Despite its serious complications, limited evidence is available on the global magnitude of pressure ulcers among patient with spinal cord injury. Hence, this review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the global magnitude of pressure ulcers among patient with spinal cord injury.
methodsPubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, African Journals Online, PsycINFO, and Web of Science were systematically searched to retrieve related articles. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guideline was followed. DerSimonian and Laird random-effects model was applied to obtain the pooled effect size. To investigate heterogeneity across the included studies, I
resultsA total of 24 studies which comprises of 600,078 participants were included in this study. The global pooled magnitude of pressure ulcers among patients with spinal cord injury was 32.36% (95% CI (28.21, 36.51%)). Based on the subgroup analysis, the highest magnitude of pressure ulcer was observed in Africa 41.19% (95% CI: 31.70, 52.18).
conclusionThis systematic review and meta-analysis revealed that about one in three patients with spinal cord injury had pressure ulcers. This implies that the overall global magnitude of pressure ulcer is relatively high. Therefore, policy maker and other concerned body should be design country context- specific preventive strategies to reduce the burden of pressure ulcers in patients with spinal cord injury.
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