Therapeutic path of Brazilians with spinal cord injury until rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT: The start of rehabilitation directly affects the effectiveness of treatment. This is a quantitative, exploratory, analytical, and cross-sectional study, with 618 Brazilian adults with spinal cord injury (SCI). Participants were predominantly male (68.90%), with a mean age of 38.04 years (SD = 9.85), with higher education (49.50%), receiving social security benefits (63.60%), and with a monthly income of up to 3 minimum wages (55.10%). The main cause of SCI was traffic accident (40.80%) and 58.70% of the participants had paraplegia. Moreover, 19.40% had not undergone any rehabilitation and the mean time to start rehabilitation after SCI was 17.68 months (SD = 38.80). Participants with the highest level of education were 4.30 times more likely to undergo rehabilitation. The results suggest t

SUBMITTER: Faleiros F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11920241 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature