Availability and need of home adaptations for personal mobility among individuals with spinal cord injury.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify the availability and unmet need of home adaptations (HAs) among the Swiss population with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Community Survey 2012.

Participants

Individuals aged 16 or older with chronic SCI living in Switzerland.

Interventions

Not applicable.

Outcome measures

The availability of ten HAs (self-report) was analyzed by sex, age, living situation, indoor mobility, SCI severity, SCI etiology and time since SCI. The unmet need (self-report of not having a HA but needing it) of HAs was analyzed by financial hardship.

Results

Among the 482 study participants (mean age 55.2 years, standard deviation 15.0 years, 71.6% males), 85.1% had at least one HA. The mo

SUBMITTER: Hertig-Godeschalk A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5810812 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature