Observational studySpinal cord2021
Factors influencing specialized health care utilization by individuals with spinal cord injury: a cross-sectional survey.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Recommendations for long-term follow-up care of secondary health conditions in spinal cord injury/disorder: a systematic review.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2024Pooled it
- Do individuals from an SCI-specialized rehabilitation facility have fewer secondary health conditions than those from a non-SCI-specialized rehabilitation facility? Analysis of the InSCI database from a middle-income country.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2025Observational
- "What should a rehabilitation hospital be like?" Priorities and expectations of people with spinal cord injury in Türkiye.Spinal cord · 2025Article
- Prevalence, causes, and risk profile of rehospitalizations in persons with spinal cord injury within the first 10 years after primary rehabilitation.Spinal cord · 2024Article
- Non-adherence to follow-up care in persons with spinal cord injury within 10 years after initial rehabilitation.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2024Article
- A physiatrist's role in managing unique challenges in pregnancy and delivery in a patient with incomplete lumbar SCI: a case report.Spinal cord series and cases · 2024Article
- Bridging the gap: a translational perspective in spinal cord injury.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2024Review
- Strengths, gaps, and future directions on the landscape of ethics-related research for spinal cord injury.Spinal cord · 2023Review
- Serious Injury in Metropolitan and Regional Victoria: Exploring Travel to Treatment and Utilisation of Post-Discharge Health Services by Injury Type.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Does the socioeconomic status predict health service utilization in persons with enhanced health care needs? Results from a population-based survey in persons with spinal cord lesions from Switzerland.International journal for equity in health · 2022Article
- Why Do Community-Dwelling Persons with Spinal Cord Injury Visit General Practitioners: A Cross-Sectional Study of Reasons for Encounter in Swiss General Practice.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2022Article
- First contact of care for persons with spinal cord injury: a general practitioner or a spinal cord injury specialist?BMC family practice · 2021Article
- Utilization of health care providers by individuals with chronic spinal cord injury.Spinal cord · 2021Article
- An exploration of information seeking behavior among persons living with spinal cord injury in Switzerland.Spinal cord · 2021Observational
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Abstract
STUDY
designCross-sectional observational study using data from the second community survey of the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study (Survey 2017) conducted between 03/2017 and 03/2018.
objectivesTo identify facilitators of and barriers to utilizing SCI-specialized outpatient clinic and inpatient care by individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI).
settingCommunity.
methodsMultivariable logistic regression was used to identify factors influencing (1) the attendance at annual check-ups at SCI-specialized treatment facilities, (2) the utilization of SCI-specialized outpatient clinic care by those who utilized any outpatient clinic care, and (3) the utilization of SCI-specialized inpatient care by those who were hospitalized. Multiple imputation was used to account for missing data.
resultsOut of 3959 eligible individuals, 1294 completed the questionnaire (response rate 33%). In the last 12 months, 51% of study participants attended the annual check-up, 33% of outpatient clinic care users utilized SCI-specialized outpatient clinic care, and 44% of those who were hospitalized were hospitalized at a SCI center. Annual check-ups were attended less by women, the elderly, and those with nontraumatic SCI. SCI-specialized outpatient clinic care was less likely to be utilized when individuals with SCI were living with cancer, lived farther away from SCI-specialized treatment facilities or in a minority language region. Specialized inpatient care was less likely to be utilized by women and those with incomplete lesions.
conclusionsSCI-specialized outpatient clinic care must be provided near the residence of individuals with SCI, otherwise non-specialized care is utilized. The reasons why women utilize SCI-specialized care less frequently than men merits further investigation.
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