Developing a consensus on the core educational content to be acquired by people with spinal cord injuries during rehabilitation: findings from a Delphi study followed by a Consensus Conference.

Study Design: Three-round Delphi study followed by a Consensus Conference with selected stakeholders.

Objectives: To identify a set of core educational content that people with spinal cord injury (SCI) need to acquire during rehabilitation.

Setting: The Delphi study was performed electronically.

Barriers and facilitators of education provided during rehabilitation of people with spinal cord injuries: A qualitative description.

Background: After a spinal cord injury (SCI), individuals must acquire their maximum level of independence before returning to their previous social and working conditions. The education provided during rehabilitation is one of the basic but complex aspects that influence the health perspectives of people with SCI. Gaining the perspective of SCI survivors experienced barriers and resources to enhance the education process may assist healthcare professionals in understanding this complex aspect of their practice.

The Relationship Between Psychological and Physical Secondary Conditions and Family Caregiver Burden in Spinal Cord Injury: A Correlational Study.

Caregiver burden (CB) is a consequence of providing care to people with spinal cord injury (SCI). However, there is a lack of clarity about the influence of secondary conditions of care recipients on family caregivers. Secondary conditions refer to the physical and psychological complications that can occur after SCI and lead to increased hospitalization and reduced functionality, quality of life, and social participation.

Validation and psychometric evaluation of the Italian version of the Spinal Cord Injury Secondary Conditions Scale.

Study Design: Validation cross-sectional study.

Objective: To adapt the Spinal Cord Injury Secondary Conditions Scale (SCI-SCS) to Italian and to assess the validity and reliability of this instrument.

Setting: Multicentre study in outpatient clinics of three urban spinal units across Italy.

Adaptation and validation of the Caregiver Burden Inventory in Spinal Cord Injuries (CBI-SCI).

Design: Validation cross-sectional study.

Objectives: Even though caregiver burden (CB) represents a well-recognised concern among caregivers of people with a spinal cord injury (SCI), there are no specific questionnaires designed for its evaluation. This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Caregiver Burden Inventory in Spinal Cord Injury (CBI-SCI), which was modified from its original version, and specifically its construct and reliability.