Original Article
Spinal Cord (2006) 44, 668–675. doi:10.1038/sj.sc.3101906; published online 7 February 2006
Demographics of the Dutch multicenter prospective cohort study 'Restoration of mobility in spinal cord injury rehabilitation'
S de Groot1,2, A J Dallmeijer3, M W M Post4,5, F W A van Asbeck5, A V Nene6, E L D Angenot1 and L H V van der Woude1,2
- 1Rehabilitation Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 3Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 4IRV, Hoensbroek, The Netherlands
- 5Rehabilitation Center De Hoogstraat, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- 6Rehabilitation Center Het Roessingh, Enschede, The Netherlands
Correspondence: S de Groot, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Van der Boechorststraat 9, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Abstract
Study design:
A multicenter prospective cohort study.
Objective:
To compare the demographic data of the included population with other studied spinal cord injury (SCI) populations in the international literature.
Setting:
Eight Dutch rehabilitation centers with a specialized SCI unit.
Methods:
A total of 205 individuals with SCI participated in this study. Information about personal, lesion and rehabilitation characteristics were collected at the beginning of active rehabilitation by means of a questionnaire.
Results:
The research group mainly consisted of men (74%), of individuals with a paraplegia (59%), and had a complete lesion (68%). The SCI was mainly caused by a trauma (75%), principally due to a traffic accident (42%). The length of clinical rehabilitation varied between 2 months and more than a year, which seemed to be dependent on the lesion characteristics and related comorbidity.
Conclusions:
The personal and lesion characteristics of the subjects of the multi-center study were comparable to data of other studies, although fewer older subjects and subjects with an incomplete lesion were included due to the inclusion criteria 'age' and 'wheelchair-dependent'. The length of stay in rehabilitation centers in The Netherlands was longer compared to Denmark but much longer than in eg Australia and the USA.
Keywords:
spinal cord injury, rehabilitation, demography
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