Environmental factors influencing the prevention of secondary health conditions among people with spinal cord injury, South Africa

S Pilusa, H Myezwa, J Potterton - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background The environment where people live, work or play can influence health and
disability outcomes. People with spinal cord injury are at risk for secondary health …

Views of health care users and providers: Solutions to improve the prevention of secondary health conditions among people with spinal cord injury, South Africa

S Pilusa, H Myezwa, J Potterton - Spinal cord series and cases, 2022 - nature.com
Study design Explorative-qualitative study. Objective This study explored solutions to
improve the prevention of secondary health conditions in people with spinal cord injury …

Prevention care for secondary health conditions among people living with spinal cord injuries: research protocol

S Pilusa, H Myezwa, J Potterton - BMC research notes, 2019 - Springer
Objective People living with spinal cord injuries are at a high risk to experience preventable
secondary health conditions in their lifetime, which can lead to rehospitalisation and death …

The role of environmental factors on health conditions, general health and quality of life in persons with spinal cord injuries in South Africa

L Bezuidenhout, A Rhoda… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Objective: The objective was to describe the individual items of the environmental factors
and to investigate the relationship between the environmental factors to health conditions …

Environmental barriers experienced by people with spinal cord injury across 22 countries: results from a cross-sectional survey

JD Reinhardt, J Middleton, A Bökel, A Kovindha… - Archives of physical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To investigate the experience of environmental barriers by people with spinal
cord injury (SCI) across 22 countries. Specific aims were to describe and compare the …

People with spinal cord injury in Morocco: results from the very first systematic data collection

A Hajjioui, M Fourtassi, N Tachfouti… - Disability and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose To report on the methodology, participant characteristics, and associations of four
most frequent environmental barriers with health conditions, general health and quality of …

'I forget to do pressure relief': Personal factors influencing the prevention of secondary health conditions in people with spinal cord injury, South Africa

S Pilusa, H Myezwa, J Potterton - South African Journal of …, 2021 - journals.co.za
Background Across the lifespan, people with spinal cord injury (SCI) may experience
preventable secondary health conditions (SHCs) such as pressures sores, muscle spasms …

Health-promotion needs of youth with a spinal cord injury in South Africa

E Njoki, J Frantz, R Mpofu - Disability and Rehabilitation, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose. To determine the health promotion needs through an exploration of health-related
behaviours and the factors that influence the behaviour of physically disabled youth with …

The activity and participation profile of persons with traumatic spinal cord injury in the cape metropole, Western Cape, South Africa: A prospective, descriptive study

M Maclachlan - 2012 - scholar.sun.ac.za
Background Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) remains one of the most serious and
devastating injuries often resulting in permanent disability and with life changing …

Associations between health behaviour, secondary health conditions and quality of life in people with spinal cord injury

DJ Mothabeng, MK Mashola - African Journal of Disability, 2019 - journals.co.za
Background: The development of secondary health conditions (SHCs) after spinal cord
injury (SCI) is common and can affect an individual's emotional well-being, and his or her …