Patient-reported challenges in spinal cord injury rehabilitation and integration within the community of a lower middle-income country: opportunities for changing lives.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Rehabilitation of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) is improving in tertiary-healthcare settings of low-middle-income countries (LMICs). However, rehabilitation and integration within the community is yet a distant target.

Research question

What are the patients-reported challenges in rehabilitation and community-integration which open opportunities to change lives of individuals with SCI.

Material and methods

Clinical-records and interviews of 24 adults with SCI were examined to report socio-demographic information, functioning, disability, cost-of-care, health-related- quality-of-life and environmental-barriers.

Results

Fifty-percent individuals belonged to lower-middle socio-economic strata. Functioning independence (SCIM) was highest in

SUBMITTER: Mullerpatan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12269563 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature