Non-adherence to follow-up care in persons with spinal cord injury within 10 years after initial rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to describe the temporal dynamics of and risk factors for non-adherence to outpatient follow-up care in the first 10 years after spinal cord injury.

Design

Retrospective single-centre cohort study using data from medical records and municipal resident registers.

Subjects/patients

Patients admitted to a specialized spinal cord injury centre in Switzerland discharged between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2012 (n = 225). Time-to-event analysis was used to investigate the timing of the first non-adherence event, its association with spinal cord injury, and sociodemographic characteristics.

Results

36% of patients were adherent to annual follow-up appointments; 2% formally transferred to another SCI centre; 44% were non-adherent for gener

SUBMITTER: Eriks-Hoogland IE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11367676 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature