Community integration outcomes of people with spinal cord injury and multiple matched controls: A pilot study

Abstract

Background/aim: Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is designed to influence home, social and economic participation for Scheme participants. Given the major disability reform underway, this pilot study aimed to: (i) examine community integration outcomes of people with spinal cord injury (SCI); (ii) compare findings with multiple matched controls and (iii) consider findings within the context of Australia's NDIS. Methods: Setting: Victoria, Australia. Design: Matched analysis (people with and without SCI). Instrumentation: Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ). Participants: n = 40 adults with SCI (M age = 52.8 years; 61% male; 77% traumatic SCI). Analyses: Matched a..