Learning self-care skills after spinal cord injury: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with a recent spinal cord injury (SCI) often follow intensive rehabilitation. Learning appropriate self-care, deal with their impairments and prevent secondary health conditions (SHCs), is highly important during rehabilitation. To date it is not clear how self-care skills are taught to people with SCI. The objective of this study was to understand how people with SCI experienced the learning of appropriate self-care skills during inpatient rehabilitation, including the role of the rehabilitation team.

Methods

Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 people with SCI, recently discharged from initial inpatient rehabilitation. Interviews were audio-taped, transcribed and analyzed thematically.

Results

Two main themes and seven sub-t

SUBMITTER: van Diemen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8501583 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature