Perceived facilitators and barriers to self-management in individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury: A qualitative descriptive study

BMC Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Munce, Sarah E P ^a   Webster, Fiona ^b   Fehlings, Michael G ^b   Straus, Sharon E ^c   Jang, Eunice ^d   Jaglal, Susan B ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barriers; Facilitators; Qualitative; Self management; Spinal cord injury; Traumatic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; MANAGER; MOOD; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SELF CARE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TRAUMATIC SPINAL CORD INJURY; AGING; CANADA; EMERGENCY CARE; FAMILY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CENTER; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCEPTION; SELF CARE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84898882664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-14-48     Document Type: Article

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