Living With Cervical Spinal Cord Injury During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To understand how COVID-19 has affected the daily lives of people living with cervical spinal cord injury (SCI).

Design

Cross sectional qualitative study.

Setting

Academic medical center in the Midwestern United States.

Participants

Ten community-dwelling individuals (8 men, 2 women), average 11.6 years post-mid-cervical level SCI (N=10).

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

Semistructured interviews were completed by phone. The research team used thematic analysis and inductive strategies to analyze the data in this exploratory investigation.

Results

People with cervical SCI living in the United States during the spring of 2020 experienced changes to their daily lives. Participants described how interactions with c

SUBMITTER: Hill EJR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9188119 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature