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.

本研究为南非儿童神经外科患者使用神经康复量表的第一项回顾性研究。研究结果凸显了儿童神经康复的复杂性，特征为住院时间延长及对资源密集型护理需求的高要求，强调了量身定制支持的至关重要性。此外，这些发现强调了持续完善康复策略的紧迫性，尤其是针对认知和身体进步有限的患者的康复策略，强调了持续致力于推进康复方法以惠及更广泛的病患并提升其整体福祉的必要性。研究结果还表明，目前尚无正式的文档标准用于评估从三级医疗机构转至康复机构的患者资格，突显了康复方案中一个潜在的改进领域。尽管如此，提供的康复服务是全面的，这由持续提供住院患者的物理治疗、职业治疗、言语治疗、营养治疗以及心理治疗得以体现。