Use of professional home care in persons with spinal cord injury in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study.
Cross-sectional survey
Home care
Informal care
Spinal cord injury
Journal
BMC health services research
ISSN: 1472-6963
Titre abrégé: BMC Health Serv Res
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101088677
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 Dec 2023
12 Dec 2023
Historique:
received:
02
06
2023
accepted:
04
12
2023
medline:
13
12
2023
pubmed:
13
12
2023
entrez:
13
12
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) living in the community often require care. The boundaries between professional home care and informal care are blurred, and it is unclear who the typical user of home care is. The objective of this study was to describe the characteristics of persons with SCI using professional home care in Switzerland, determine the frequency of home care visits, and investigate the association of sociodemographic factors, SCI-specific characteristics, secondary health conditions, and functional independence with the use of home care. We used cross-sectional data from the 2017 community survey of the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study (SwiSCI). Out of 3,959 eligible individuals 1294 completed the questionnaire and were included in the analysis (response rate 33%). Using descriptive statistics, differences between home care users and non-users as well as the frequency of home care visits were investigated. The association between sociodemographic factors, SCI-specific characteristics, secondary health conditions, functional independence and the use of home care was analyzed using multivariable logistic regression. Multiple imputation was used to account for missing data. Of 1,294 participants, 280 (22%) used professional home care. The median weekly professional home care duration was 6 h (Q1 = 2, Q3 = 12). More home care was used in persons with lower functional independence (Odds ratio (OR) 0.30 per 10 unit decrease in the Spinal Cord Independence Measure, 95%-Confidence interval (CI) 0.24-0.37), fewer secondary health conditions (OR 0.96 per unit Spinal Cord Injury Secondary Conditions Scale, 95%-CI 0.94-0.99), tetraplegia (OR 2.77, 95%-CI 1.92-4.00), women (OR 2.42, 95%-CI 1.70-3.43), higher age (OR 1.22 per 10 years increase, 95%-CI 1.06-1.39), living alone (OR 2.48, 95%-CI 1.53-4.03), and those receiving support from an informal caregiver (OR 1.88, 95%-CI 1.27-2.77). This is the first study to examine the use of professional home care from the perspective of persons with SCI in Switzerland. Lower functional independence strongly predicts increased home care use. The findings showed that professional home care complements informal care and is more likely to be used by individuals with SCI who live alone, have tetraplegia, and are female.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) living in the community often require care. The boundaries between professional home care and informal care are blurred, and it is unclear who the typical user of home care is. The objective of this study was to describe the characteristics of persons with SCI using professional home care in Switzerland, determine the frequency of home care visits, and investigate the association of sociodemographic factors, SCI-specific characteristics, secondary health conditions, and functional independence with the use of home care.
METHODS
METHODS
We used cross-sectional data from the 2017 community survey of the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study (SwiSCI). Out of 3,959 eligible individuals 1294 completed the questionnaire and were included in the analysis (response rate 33%). Using descriptive statistics, differences between home care users and non-users as well as the frequency of home care visits were investigated. The association between sociodemographic factors, SCI-specific characteristics, secondary health conditions, functional independence and the use of home care was analyzed using multivariable logistic regression. Multiple imputation was used to account for missing data.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Of 1,294 participants, 280 (22%) used professional home care. The median weekly professional home care duration was 6 h (Q1 = 2, Q3 = 12). More home care was used in persons with lower functional independence (Odds ratio (OR) 0.30 per 10 unit decrease in the Spinal Cord Independence Measure, 95%-Confidence interval (CI) 0.24-0.37), fewer secondary health conditions (OR 0.96 per unit Spinal Cord Injury Secondary Conditions Scale, 95%-CI 0.94-0.99), tetraplegia (OR 2.77, 95%-CI 1.92-4.00), women (OR 2.42, 95%-CI 1.70-3.43), higher age (OR 1.22 per 10 years increase, 95%-CI 1.06-1.39), living alone (OR 2.48, 95%-CI 1.53-4.03), and those receiving support from an informal caregiver (OR 1.88, 95%-CI 1.27-2.77).
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
This is the first study to examine the use of professional home care from the perspective of persons with SCI in Switzerland. Lower functional independence strongly predicts increased home care use. The findings showed that professional home care complements informal care and is more likely to be used by individuals with SCI who live alone, have tetraplegia, and are female.
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pubmed: 38087349
doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-10429-3
pii: 10.1186/s12913-023-10429-3
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Langues
eng
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