Table 4 Injury profile information related to rehabilitation completion/termination.

From: The prevalence and profile of spinal cord injury in public healthcare rehabilitation units in Gauteng, South Africa

 

Overall

TSCI

NTSCI

p-value

Completed rehabilitation (%)

386

251

135

0.00a

Yes

342 (88.60)

232 (92.43)

110 (81.48)

 

No

44 (11.40)

19 (7.57)

25 (18.52)

Discharge destination, n (%)

338

231

107

0.00a,b

Private residence

330 (97.92)

227 (98.27)

103 (96.26)

 

Another hospital

7 (2.08)

4 (1.73)

3 (2.80)

Assisted-living residence

1 (0.30)

0

1 (0.93)

Mobility aid used at discharge, n (%)

320

221

99

0.41

Battery-operated WC

34 (10.63)

26 (11.76)

8 (8.01)

 

Manually-operated WC

185 (57.81)

132 (59.73)

53 (53.54)

Walking frame/Rollator

50 (15.63)

30 (13.57)

20 (20.20)

Elbow crutches/Cane/Stick

23 (7.19)

14 (6.33)

9 (9.09)

No mobility aid

28 (8.75)

19 (8.60)

9 (9.09)

  1. Most study participants reported successful completion of rehabilitation with almost all participants discharged home. A notable proportion of those who did not complete rehabilitation successfully had a NTSCI; were discharged to another hospital or to an assisted-living residence. Most participants made use of a manually-operated wheelchair at completion of rehabilitation.
  2. aSignificant p value.
  3. bFischer’s exact test.
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