A community-based intervention to prevent serious complications and death 2 years after discharge in people with spinal cord injury in Bangladesh (CIVIC): a randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Randomised controlled trial.

Objectives

To determine the effectiveness of a sustainable community-based intervention designed to prevent serious complications and death 2 years after discharge in people with spinal cord injury in Bangladesh.

Setting

Bangladesh.

Methods

A pragmatic randomised controlled trial was undertaken. People who had sustained a spinal cord injury in the preceding 2 years, were wheelchair-dependent, and were about to be discharged from hospital in Bangladesh were recruited and randomised to an Intervention or Control group using a concealed allocation procedure stratified by level of lesion (tetraplegia/paraplegia). Participants in the Intervention group received 36 phone calls and three home visits over the first 2 years foll

SUBMITTER: Hossain MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8189918 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature