Paediatric neurorehabilitation patient distribution according to gender, age, neurological impairment, neurorehabilitation scale usage, and hospitalization time

This retrospective study was the first to investigate the use of neurorehabilitation scales in paediatric neurosurgery patients in South Africa. The study's results highlight the complex nature of neurorehabilitation in children, marked by extended hospitalisation and resource-intensive care demands, underscoring the vital necessity for tailored support. Furthermore, these findings emphasize the ongoing imperative of enhancing rehabilitation strategies, particularly for patients with limited cognitive and physical progress, stressing the continued dedication to advancing rehabilitative approaches to benefit a broader range of patients and enhance their overall well-being. The results also indicated that there are no formal documented criteria used to assess eligibility for transfer from a tertiary care facility to a rehabilitation facility, highlighting a potential area for improvement in the rehabilitation protocol. Nevertheless, the rehabilitation provided is exhaustive, as denoted by the provision of continuous inpatient physical, occupational, speech, and nutritional therapy, as well as psychology.