Barriers to personal hygiene in persons with spinal cord injury during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown: A rehabilitation perspective of two cases
Personal hygiene is the most important measure to prevent coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19). The pandemic has put persons with disabilities into various challenges. People with spinal cord injury (SCI) are facing these obstacles more because of their altered physiology and increased susceptibility t...
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| description | Personal hygiene is the most important measure to prevent coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19). The pandemic has put persons with disabilities into various challenges. People with spinal cord injury (SCI) are facing these obstacles more because of their altered physiology and increased susceptibility to COVID-19. Through telerehabilitation, hurdles were identified in two paraplegic individuals, such as safe water sources, concerns regarding self-catheterization, increased dependence on care partner, hygiene of assistive aids/wheelchairs, availability of dressing materials for pressure injury dressing, and sanitary pads for menstrual hygiene. To the best of our knowledge, these are the first cases to describe hygiene concerns of SCI people during the COVID-19 pandemic and its rehabilitation implications. Considering the population with disabilities, we should improve access to primary care at the community level regarding personal hygiene. For a large population with disabilities such as SCI who are at risk, simple health education, awareness, and economic ways of hygienic practices can be a saviour. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2d61111f963b4591a1743d1a77eb85a92022-12-22T00:23:42ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632022-01-011152238224010.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2271_21Barriers to personal hygiene in persons with spinal cord injury during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown: A rehabilitation perspective of two casesRaktim SwarnakarShreya SantraS L YadavPersonal hygiene is the most important measure to prevent coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19). The pandemic has put persons with disabilities into various challenges. People with spinal cord injury (SCI) are facing these obstacles more because of their altered physiology and increased susceptibility to COVID-19. Through telerehabilitation, hurdles were identified in two paraplegic individuals, such as safe water sources, concerns regarding self-catheterization, increased dependence on care partner, hygiene of assistive aids/wheelchairs, availability of dressing materials for pressure injury dressing, and sanitary pads for menstrual hygiene. To the best of our knowledge, these are the first cases to describe hygiene concerns of SCI people during the COVID-19 pandemic and its rehabilitation implications. Considering the population with disabilities, we should improve access to primary care at the community level regarding personal hygiene. For a large population with disabilities such as SCI who are at risk, simple health education, awareness, and economic ways of hygienic practices can be a saviour.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2022;volume=11;issue=5;spage=2238;epage=2240;aulast=Swarnakarbarrierscovid-19hygienepandemicrehabilitationspinal cord injury |
| spellingShingle | Raktim Swarnakar Shreya Santra S L Yadav Barriers to personal hygiene in persons with spinal cord injury during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown: A rehabilitation perspective of two cases Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care barriers covid-19 hygiene pandemic rehabilitation spinal cord injury |
| title | Barriers to personal hygiene in persons with spinal cord injury during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown: A rehabilitation perspective of two cases |
| title_full | Barriers to personal hygiene in persons with spinal cord injury during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown: A rehabilitation perspective of two cases |
| title_fullStr | Barriers to personal hygiene in persons with spinal cord injury during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown: A rehabilitation perspective of two cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Barriers to personal hygiene in persons with spinal cord injury during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown: A rehabilitation perspective of two cases |
| title_short | Barriers to personal hygiene in persons with spinal cord injury during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown: A rehabilitation perspective of two cases |
| title_sort | barriers to personal hygiene in persons with spinal cord injury during the covid 19 pandemic and lockdown a rehabilitation perspective of two cases |
| topic | barriers covid-19 hygiene pandemic rehabilitation spinal cord injury |
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