Use of professional home care in persons with spinal cord injury in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) living in the community often require care. The boundaries between professional home care and informal care are blurred, and it is unclear who the typical user of home care is. The objective of this study was to describe the characteristics of persons with SCI using professional home care in Switzerland, determine the frequency of home care visits, and investigate the association of sociodemographic factors, SCI-specific characteristics, secondary health conditions, and functional independence with the use of home care.

Methods

We used cross-sectional data from the 2017 community survey of the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study (SwiSCI). Out of 3,959 eligible individuals 1294 completed the questionnaire and were included in

SUBMITTER: Wagner A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10714621 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature