Psychological outcomes of MRSA isolation in spinal cord injury rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Retrospective secondary analysis with a quantitative, matched-pairs design. Patients isolated due to methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were matched with controls without MRSA infection admitted to a multi-bedded ward, based on: gender, injury level, injury severity (AIS grade), age at the time of injury and year of admission.

Objectives

Determine the implications of MRSA-related infection isolation on spinal cord injury patients' anxiety, depression, appraisals of disability, perceived manageability and pain intensity. Hypotheses predicted patients who were isolated due to MRSA during inpatient stay would demonstrate poorer psychological health outcomes at discharge in comparison with non-isolated matched controls.

Setting

National Spinal

SUBMITTER: Gillett JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7358562 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature