Outcome indicators in the transitional care of people with spinal cord injury in China: a Delphi survey based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.

CONCLUSIONS: A set of categories and concepts was identified in the Delphi survey based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. They provided a reference and a basis for establishing a system of outcome indicators in the transitional care for patients with spinal cord injury in China. Implications for rehabilitation In China, the people with spinal cord injury who live at home after discharge urgently need professional transitional care which can be extended from medical institutions to families. The categories and concepts identified by the Delphi survey based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health reflect the focuses in the transitional care of people with spinal cord injury in China. Those categories and concepts provide a reference and a basis for establishing a system of outcome indicators in the transitional care for patients with spinal cord injury in China.
PMID: 30724613 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - February 6, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Li K, Xie S, Wang Y, Tang J, He X, Liu T, Yan T Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research