Community-based interventions to prevent serious complications following spinal cord injury in Bangladesh: the CIVIC trial statistical analysis plan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People who sustain spinal cord injuries in low- and middle-income countries are vulnerable to life-threatening complications after discharge. The aim of this trial is to determine the effect on all-cause mortality of a sustainable model of community-based care provided over the first 2 years after discharge.

Methods and analysis

The CIVIC trial is a single centre, parallel group trial with concealed and stratified randomisation. The protocol has been previously published (BMJ Open 2016;6:e010350). This paper provides the accompanying detailed statistical plan. In total, 410 people with recent spinal cord injury who are wheelchair dependent and about to be discharged from the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed in Bangladesh are randomised to interventio

SUBMITTER: Herbert RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6485052 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature