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ArticleAsian spine journal2021

Impact of Patient Counseling and Socioeconomic Factors on Initiation of Rehabilitation Program in Spinal Cord Injury Patients Presenting to a Tertiary Spine Unit in India.

Siddharth Narasimhan Aiyer, Vignesh Gunasekaran, Latha Mani, Sri Vijay Anand K S, Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Ajoy Prasad Shetty

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Article in Asian spine journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Siddharth Narasimhan AiyerDepartment of Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
Vignesh GunasekaranGanga Spine Injury Rehabilitation Centre, Coimbatore, India.
Latha ManiGanga Spine Injury Rehabilitation Centre, Coimbatore, India.
Sri Vijay Anand K SDepartment of Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
Shanmuganathan RajasekaranDepartment of Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
Ajoy Prasad ShettyDepartment of Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
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Ganga Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
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designProspective case series. PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate the impact of education, financial income, occupation, and patient counseling on the timing of enrolment in a spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation program. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: A rehabilitation program following SCI is essential to improve functional outcomes. Socioeconomic factors can affect the timing of enrolment to a rehabilitation program. Literature on the effects of socioeconomic factors among patients with SCI in the Indian scenario is limited.

methodsA prospective, consecutive analysis of patients with SCI was performed with 1-year follow-up. Assessment of the timing of enrolment to a rehabilitation program was performed using the modified Kuppuswamy socioeconomic scores (MKSS). Patients admitted to the SCI unit (group A), underwent intensive individual, group, and family counseling sessions to encourage early enrolment into a rehabilitation program. Patients presenting directly for rehabilitation (group B) were analyzed for comparison.

resultsA total of 153 patients were recruited. Group A was composed of 122 patients who started the rehabilitation program after a mean of 28 days, compared with a mean of 149 days for 31 patients in group B. In group A, 104 patients (85%; mean MKSS, 14.02) and 18 patients (15%; mean MKSS, 15.61) enrolled for rehabilitation <6 weeks and ≥6 weeks, respectively. In group B, 12 patients (39%; mean MKSS, 13.69) and 19 patients (61%; mean MKSS, 12.10) enrolled for rehabilitation <6 weeks and ≥6 weeks, respectively. The total MKSS and scores for education, income, and occupation did not show a significant difference between the two both groups (p>0.05).

conclusionsEarly patient counseling in the acute care unit helps in the early enrolment of patients with poor socioeconomic demographic profile to a rehabilitation program.

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CounselingRehabilitationSocioeconomic factorsSpinal cord injuries

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