Biostatistics III, KITE Research Institute, Lyndhurst, Division of PM&R, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Focus on #SCI Research and #Statistics
📄Since 2019, we have increased frequency of skin checks, improving documentation & transition of responsibility for daily skin checks between patent and care provider. Learn more about our progress in our newest report: https://t.co/MvJf2qo73I #SCI#SkinChecks#TissueIntegrity
📃⚕️Our 2022 Report underscores the vital need for SCI/D community health surveillance data over the lifespan. It enables tracking health/function changes, rehab care effectiveness & access to resources. Let's foster ongoing patient engagement and strengthen our SCI/D community!
Excited to launch our 2023 Implementation Casebook & 2023 Infographic Report! 🎉We collaborated with 13 tertiary rehabilitation sites, community partners, and people with lived experience across Canada to address #healthsystem challenges in 7 domains of care.
Early treatment of emotional wellbeing is important for patients in spinal cord injury rehab. @SCIIEQCC worked to implement routine screenings for depression and anxiety at admission and discharge, helping to identify and manage those at risk.
@SCIIEQCC is dedicated to equipping staff with the resources and training needed to support patients' emotional wellbeing (EWB). This year, 67% of staff reported having adequate skills for EWB service provision, an important increase from 44% last year.
@SCIIEQCC aims to enable clinicians to have open discussions with people with #SpinalCordInjury about sexual health. Since 2020, we increased staff’s sexual health knowledge by 10% and provided access to a variety of online and in-person resources for continued learning.
To help facilitate sexual health discussions and education with patients, @SCIIEQCC has developed updated sexual health materials that are now more gender inclusive, available in multiple languages, and feature new resources focusing on women’s health gaps.
Wheelchair skills enable independence, community integration, and safety for patients with SCI/D. In 2023, @SCIIEQCC's routine wheelchair skills assessments led to 5 hours of training for those at SWAT stage 2A and lower!
Did you know that a single pressure injury increases the mean cost of hospital length of stay by 9,580 CAD? @SCIIEQCC promoted implementation of daily head-to-toe skin checks.
Pressure injuries impact the quality of life, morbidity and mortality of patients with #SpinalCordInjury. In 2023, @SCIIEQCC reduced the rate of patients with open wounds at discharge to 24%, down from 29% in 2022.
@SCIIEQCC has worked to align the methods and definitions of fever for patients with #SpinalCordInjury including those with inability to regulate core body temperature and a low baseline body temperature.
Return to walking is a priority among people with #SpinalCordInjury. @SCIIEQCC collected walking outcome assessments.This figure shows the increasing proportion of patients who improved enough with rehab to become independent in walking with/without a gait aid outside their home.