The Value of the Whole Picture: Rehabilitation Outcome Measurement Using Patient Self-report and Clinician-based Assessments After Spinal Cord Injury

Overview

Journal Spinal Cord

Specialty Neurology

Date 2021 Oct 7

PMID 34616008

Citations 2

Authors

Rebecca Eaton

Jane Duff

Martha Wallace

Kevin Jones

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Abstract

Study Design: This is a retrospective longitudinal study.

Objectives: To explore the relative impact and contribution of using both the Spinal Cord Independence Measure III (SCIM) and Stoke Mandeville Spinal Needs Assessment Checklist (SMS-NAC) to assess rehabilitation outcome following an acute spinal cord injury (SCI).

Setting: The study was performed at National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC), Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Aylesbury, UK.

Methods: A patient self-report SMS-NAC and clinician-rated SCIM were administered on admission and discharge from the NSIC as part of standardised care. This paper presents a retrospective analysis of the rehabilitation outcomes of 195 people with spinal cord injury (PwSCI) following their first admission.

Results: In both measures, PwSCI improved from admission to discharge. Individuals with higher SCI obtained lower scores in both measures, at both admission and discharge. The SMS-NAC demonstrated the greatest increase in knowledge and skill for PwSCI who had higher and more complete injuries. On the SCIM, PwSCI who had lower and less complete injuries demonstrated the greatest increase in outcome.

Conclusions: Overall, both measures demonstrated responsiveness to change during SCI rehabilitation and enable clinicians to systematically determine areas to focus rehabilitation effort. The relative strengths and contribution to delivering person-centred care for each are identified. The SMS-NAC enables clinicians to record, for people with higher injuries, their subjective self-report of skill and knowledge gains from rehabilitation that may be missed with other measures. Consequently, using both is encouraged in appreciation of the value of recording verbal (instructional) independence as well as functional (physical) independence.

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