Objective: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a catastrophic physical injury presenting substantial obstacles to adjustment in the long-term, often being associated with additional challenges, including traumatic brain injury, frequent hospitalization, substance abuse, co-morbid psychiatric conditions, chronic pain and fatigue, social discrimination and poor employment prospects. Methods: In an effort...

Tele-rehabilitation is part of Tele-health (TH) which provides a rehabilitation service at distance through using telecommunication technology. The lack skilled staff, accessibility concerns, high transportation costs, lengthy waiting times, and mobility issues make face-to-face treatment difficult. Therefore, this study aimed to assess attitudes its associated factors health professionals towa...

Introduction / objectives In our hospital with 178 beds the core business is multidisciplinar rehabilitation. Close contacts between staff, patients and their environment are inherent in this process. Isolation in single room in case of MRSA is not advisable in the purpose of social reintegration. Isolation is difficult because of long stay and a limited number of single rooms. Before changing ...

OBJECTIVE To provide an update on disability and outline potential barriers and facilitators for implementation of the World Health Organization Global Disability Action Plan (GDAP) in Pakistan. METHODS A 6-day workshop at the Armed Forces Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Islamabad facilitated by rehabilitation staff from Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia. Local healthcare professional...

BACKGROUND The course and outcomes of hip fracture patients are often complicated by the presence of dementia and delirium, referred to as cognitive impairment (CI), which limits access to in-patient rehabilitation. In response to this concern, members of our team developed and piloted an in-patient rehabilitation model of care (Patient-Centred Rehabilitation Model; PCRM) targeting patients wit...

BACKGROUND Defaulting scheduled rehabilitation therapy may result in increased adverse outcomes such as permanent disability and increased healthcare costs. Concomitantly, there is evidence to suggest that early and continued rehabilitation of children with congenital disabilities can improve outcomes significantly. This study was conducted to determine factors contributing to caregivers' defau...

Background: Quality in health care has traditionally been determined based on clinical or health outcomes. However, these factors may not be the only aspects of health care that are important to patients. Within rehabilitation factors related to the process of care, the way in which rehabilitation services are delivered, may also be important to patients when defining quality of care. Objective...

Abstract The pandemic caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) highlighted the insufficient public health policies and lack of a national response strategy. Rehabilitation departments faced barriers to providing care in traditional manner needed consider protection patients staff, staffing personal protective equipment shortages, uncertainty about best practices address novel condition. Th...