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NeurologicalOutcomesTrends Thepercentageofhighcervicalinjurieshasincreasedoverthelastfivedecades, whilethepercentage of low cervical injuries has decreasedandthatofT1–S3 injuries has remained relatively constant (Table 4.2). The percentage of neurologicallycompleteinjuries(AISA)hasdecreased,whilethepercentageof motorincompleteinjuries(AISC,D,orE)hasincreasedfrom36.4%to56.4%. Theincrease inthepercentage ofAIS D andE injuries wasparticularly noted amongthoseaged≥46years(38.4%inthe1970sand55.3%inthe2010s)and amongalletiologiesexceptviolence(35).Thepercentageofpersonsdischarged ventilator-dependentdoubledfrom2.2%inthe1970sto4.6%inthe1990sand
4.2%inthe2000sbeforedecliningto2.2%during2015to2017.
Thesetrends are likely due toadvancesin acute management ofSCIfrom pre-hospitaltoacuteandrehabilitationcare(42)andimprovedacutesurvivalof high cervical injuries (43), as well as changes in demographics, etiology,and referralpatternsofSCIModelSystemsCenters.Forexample,olderpersonsare mostlikelyinjuredinfallsonthesamelevelthatresultintetraplegiaandAISD injuries. Additionally,firearm-related SCIs have declined in the past decades, and these typically result in complete paraplegia. Pre-hospital care such as appropriate stabilization of the spinal cord during transfer, early surgical intervention,aswellastheuseofmethylprednisoloneandothermedicationsare notdocumentedintheNSCID,thustheircontributionthereoftothedecreasein neurologicallycompleteinjuriescannotbeevaluated.
AssociatedInjuries SCI is often accompanied by other significant injuries. Among 3,389 persons withacuteSCIbetween1998and2009whowereincludedinapopulation-based sample,20.0%,17.9%,and14.9%hadconcomitantinjuriesinvolvingone,two, and≥3otherbodyregion(s),respectively(44).Thebodyregionsmostfrequently involved were the abdomen and pelvis (20.3%), thoracic cavity and the bony structures(19.0%),skinandsubcutaneoustissues(17.4%),andthecraniumand brain(15.8%).
Comorbid traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been reported to occur among peoplewithacuteSCIatafrequencybetween16%and74%(45), andis most commonamongSCIsresultingfrommotorvehiclecrashesandfallsandamong personswithcervicalinjuries.Ina recentstudyof 155personswithacuteSCI admittedtoarehabilitationhospitalduring2012to2014,theestimatedincidence ofTBIwas33%byphysicianreviewofmedicalrecords,but60%basedonself-
reportedTBIscreeningquestions(46),whichraisesconcernoverthediagnostic accuracyofself-reportedcomorbidTBIinthispatientpopulation.
The International SCI Core Data Set recommends reporting the co­occurrencewithSCIofthefollowingmajorinjuries:(47)(a)moderatetosevere TBI(GlasgowComaScale≤12),(b)nonvertebralfracturesrequiringsurgery,(c) severe facial injuries affecting sense organs, (d) major chest injury requiring chesttubeormechanicalventilation,(e)traumaticamputationofanarmorleg, orinjuriessevereenoughtorequiresurgicalamputation,(f)severehemorrhage, (g) brachial plexus injury, and (h) damage to any internal organ requiring surgery.Overall,38.6%ofpersonsenrolledintheNSCIDhaveoneormoreof these major injuries along with SCI, and this percentage remained consistent overthecourseofdatacollectionfromOctober2006toSeptember2017(Table
4.4).Thepresenceoftheseassociatedinjurieswasparticularlycommonamong
persons with SCI caused by violence (60.1%) and motor vehicle crashes (49.2%),butwasless common among persons injured in sports (25.4%), falls (23.2%),andmedical/surgicalcomplications(9.5%).
VertebralInjury IncompliancewiththeInternationalSCICoreDataSet(47),theNSCIDbegan todocumentinOctober2016thedetectionofanySCI-relatedspinalfractureor dislocation,definedasanybreak,rupture,orcrackthrough/betweenanypartsof thevertebralcolumnfromtheocciputtothecoccyx.Overall,vertebralinjuryhas beendocumentedin80.4%ofpeoplewithacuteSCIenrolledintheNSCID,and thepercentageincreasedslightlyfrom2006to2017(Table4.4).Vertebralinjury ismostcommonamongthosewithSCIasaresultofvehicularcrashes(92.1%), followed by sports (85.8%), violence (80.5%), falls (74.1%), and medical/surgicalcomplications(15.3%).
SpinalSurgery The NSCID also documents whether any of the following spinal surgical procedureswereperformedatanypointduringtheinpatienthospitalizationafter SCI: laminectomy, neural canal restoration, open reduction,spinal fusion, and internalfixationofthespine(47).Thespinalsurgeryrateis79.6%overalland also increased slightly from 2006 to 2017 (Table 4.4). These procedures are morecommonlyperformedinacuteSCIscausedbyvehicularcrashes(91.9%), sports-relatedinjuries(90.9%),andfalls(85.9%),butlessfrequentlyperformed in those caused by acts of violence (34.0%) or,more specifically, penetrating injuries (gunshot or stab wounds, 19.6%) (48). Stabilization surgery is not typically required for patients with penetrating SCI because most penetrating injuries are not associated with instability of the spine. However, debate continues over whether or not surgical decompression, including bone and projectile removal, in patients with penetrating SCI provides any benefit for neurologicalfunctioncomparedwithnonsurgicaltreatment(48).
Regarding individual surgical procedures, data from the US Nationwide InpatientSamplerevealedthat15.9%ofpeoplewithacuteSCIduring2010 to 2012 underwent intervertebral disc excision, 15.9% underwent spinal canal decompression,and 14.8% underwent spinal fusion. The percentage of people whoreceivedthesesurgicaltreatmentsduringacuteinpatientcarehasincreased byabout5%since1993(22).
LengthofStay The NSCID also documents the declining length of stay during initial hospitalizationoverthelastfivedecades.AsshowninTable4.4,daysspentin theacutecareunitdecreasedfromamedianof24daysduring1972to1979toa
medianof11daysduring2015to2017,andmedianlengthofrehabilitationstay alsodroppedfrom91daysto42daysduringthesameperiod.Suchdeclineis notedinallneurological impairment groups, but with a differentpace(29).A numberoffactorsaccountforthesedecreasesinthelengthofstay,particularly theimplementationofmanagedcareandothercost-containmentmeasures(49–
51).
Assuggestedbypreviousstudies,earlyadmissiontoanSCIrehabilitation unitasaresultofashorteracutecarestaymightimprovefunctionaloutcomesat discharge. (52). Rehabilitation facilities seem to adapt to the changing reimbursementpatternsby improving the efficiencyofinpatientcare (53) and utilizingpost-dischargeservicesto replacesome inpatienttreatments(54).Itis notknown,however,howshortistoo short before patients with SCI begin to experience negative outcomes and healthcare delivery becomes less efficient, withhighercostsresultingfromthetreatmentofcomplications.
DischargePlacement Overall,amongpersonsdischargedalivefromtheSCIModelSystemsCenters,
90.9% have historically been discharged back into the community, either in a privateresidenceorgrouplivingsituation.Asinpatientrehabilitationlength of stayhasdecreasedandageatinjuryhasincreased,thepercentageofpeoplewho aredischargedtoanotherhospital,nursinghome,orassistedlivinghasincreased from5.7%inthe1970stogreaterthan10.0%since2000(Table4.4).Anumber of factors are associated with nursing home discharge, including having a cervical AIS A, B, or C injury; being ventilator dependent; older age; being unmarried;being unemployed; being from a region of theUnited Statesother than the southeast; having an indwelling urethral catheter or external catheter bladder drainage; having either Medicaid or health maintenance organization insurance; being dependent in performing activities of daily living; and being nonambulatory(55).
MORTALITY
Data from the statewide surveillance systems and from the nationwide administrativedatasetsintheUnitedStatesindicatethatapproximately5.7%to
8.0% of people with SCI die before discharge from acute hospital care (21,22,44,56). The in-hospital mortality rates in the SCI population overall
increasedfrom6.6% in 1993 to 1996 to 7.5% in 2010to2012,butdecreased overthesameperiodfrom24.2%to20.1%amongpeopleaged≥85years(22). There is also consistence across studies regarding a high risk of in-hospital mortality associated with advancing age (≥ 65 years), motor vehicular crash, high cervical injury, polytrauma, multiple comorbidities, and multiple complicationssuchasvenousthromboembolismandTBI(21,22,44).
EstimatesderivedfromtheNSCIDthrough2017(29)showthattheannual mortalityriskisabout4.6%duringthefirstyearofinjuryand2.4%duringthe secondyear.Forthosewhosurvivethesecondpost-injuryyear,theannualdeath rate averages about 2.1% and gradually increases over timebecause ofaging. Thecumulativesurvivalrateis95.6%for1year,88.4%for5years,81.1%for 10years,73.8%for15 years,and 66.7%for20yearsafterinjury. Medianlife expectancy(50%)forthetotalNSCIDsampleis31.30±0.15years,butvaries considerably by age, level and completeness of injury, ventilator use, sex, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic factors (57–60). Mortality odds during the firstyear of injuryhaveimproved by approximately54%since the 1970s,but among those surviving the first year of injury, annual mortality has remained relativelyconstantsince the1980s (Figure4.5). Asa result,lifeexpectancyof personswithSCIremainsbelowthatinthegeneralpopulation(29,61).
FIGURE 4.5 Mortality odds ratios by calendar years of follow-up (reference group: 1973–1979) for post-injury year 1 and for post­injuryyear2andbeyond.Theoddsratioswereadjustedforage,sex, race, education, insurance type, injury etiology, and neurological
category.
ThelatestlifeexpectancyestimatesfromtheNSCID,beginningatthefirst anniversary of injury, are presented in Table 4.5. Life expectancy is almost normalforpersonswithanAISDinjury,butdeclinessteadilyasinjuryseverity increases. Interestingly, in general, as age increases within each neurologic category,lifeexpectancydecreases.Forexample,amongpersonswithaC1–C4 AISA, B, or C injury who survive the first year,lifeexpectancyis 63.4% of normalfor10-year-olds,56.7%ofnormalfor30-year-olds,52.5%ofnormalfor 50-year-olds,and48.4%ofnormalfor70-year-olds.TheNationalSCIStatistical Centerupdatesthedetailedlifeexpectancytablesonanannualbasis(29),andits website provides an interactive tool for projecting life expectancy after SCI based on personal demographic and injury characteristics (www.nscisc.uab.edu/Public_Pages/LifeExp).
Standardized mortality ratio has been used to illustrate the differences in mortalityriskbetweentheSCIandgeneralpopulations(29,58,62)bycomparing
theobservednumberofdeathsamongpersonswithSCItoanexpectednumber of deaths should those with SCI have the same mortality rate as the general population.BasedondatafromNSCIDthrough2017,thestandardizedmortality ratiosrangefrom1.5to104.3(29).Forexample,amongthosesurvivingthefirst yearofinjury,personswhoareventilator-dependentandyoungerthan31years have51.8timesgreatermortalitythanpersonswithoutSCIofthesameage,sex, andrace,whereaspersonswhohaveanAISDinjuryandareolderthan60years have 1.5 times greater mortality than similarly matched counterparts without SCI.
CauseofDeath Examining the common causes of death after SCI may offer some clues regarding the lack of progress in life expectancy after SCI. Diseases of the respiratorysystem(primarilypneumonia)constitutetheleadingcauseofdeath, accountingfor21.9%ofthetotal12,673deathsreportedtoNSCIDthrough2015 (29). The second leading cause of death is infectious and parasitic diseases (12.0%), which are usually cases of septicemia (90.0%) and associated with pressure ulcers (now called pressure injuries), urinary tract infections, or respiratory infections. Cancer ranks third (10.2%), closely followed by hypertensive and ischemic heart disease (10.0%). Specific locations of cancer includelung(26.2%),bladder(9.0%),colon/rectum(8.8%),prostate(5.5%),and liver (4.1%). Other heart disease ranks fifth (8.4%) and is often unexplained heartattacks(38.5%,ICD-10-CMcodeI46.9),whichmightnotrepresentatrue underlyingcauseofdeathbutratherreflectpoorqualityofcause-of-deathdata and reporting practices on many death certificates of people with SCI. As a result,mortalityfromotherheartdiseaseisprobablyoverestimated.
Unintentionalinjuries are also arelativelycommon cause of death(6.6%), followed by diseases of the digestive system (4.8%), cerebrovascular disease (3.6%), suicide (3.1%), and diseases of pulmonary circulation (3.1%). Pulmonary emboli account for 91.4% of the deaths caused by the diseases of pulmonary circulation and usually occur during the initial hospital care. The suicidemortalityrateafterSCIdecreasedoverthreeinjurycohorts(1973–1979, 1980–1989, and 1990–1999), but is still about three times that for persons of comparable age, sex, and race in the general population (63). Suicide risk is higherduringthefirst6yearsafterSCI,forpersonswithparaplegicAISA,B,or Cinjury,andfornon-Hispanicwhites.
PREVALENCE:HOWMANYPEOPLELIVING WITHSCI
Prevalence reflects the number of persons with SCI who are currently alive, whichisprimarilyafunctionofincidence(numberofnewcaseseachyear)and mortality(numberofdeceasedcaseseachyear).BecauseSCIisarelativelyrare condition, estimating prevalence by surveying the population requires a very largerandomsample.Asaresult,veryfewattemptshavebeenmadetoestimate prevalencebysamplingpopulationsintheUnitedStates.Duringthe1970s,the prevalence of SCI was estimated by mathematical modeling of incidence and survival (64,65). Prevalence in the 1980s was estimated by studies that extrapolated data from a regional disability survey (66), used data from the National Health Interview Survey (67), or involved a nationwide probability sample of small geographic areas and institutions (68). The prevalence rates derivedfromthesestudiesrangedfrom525casespermillionpopulationin1975 to1,124casespermillionpopulationin1981.
More recently, utilizinga complex mathematical model includingage-sex­specificincidence,survival,andbaselineprevalence,Lasfarguesetal.estimated that 250,000 persons were living with SCI in 2004 in the United States and projectedthatnumberwouldincreaseto270,000in2014becauseofimproved lifeexpectancy(69). ByextrapolatingthemodelusedbyLasfarguesetal.,the numberof people withSCI who arecurrentlyalive in2018is estimatedtobe 288,000 (or 880 cases per million), with a range from 247,000 to 358,000 persons(70).
The 2013 Paralysis Prevalence and Health Disparities Survey, funded throughaco-operativeagreementbetweentheCentersforDiseaseControland Prevention and the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, unveiled a staggeringSCIprevalenceintheUnitedStates(71).Theresultshavealsobeen posted on the foundation’s website (www.christopherreeve.org/living-with-
paralysis/stats-about-paralysis). This study involved a national random-digit-
dialedtelephonesurveyoftheciviliannoninstitutionalizedpopulationthatasked participantswhethertheyoranypersonsintheirhouseholdhaveanydifficulty movingarmsorlegs andthecauseofthemovementdifficulty,aschosenfrom 15qualifyingdiagnoses,includingSCI,stroke,multiplesclerosis,cerebralpalsy, andothers.Theestimatederivedfromthisstudyindicatesthatin2013morethan 1,462,000 people (or 4,641 persons per million population) were living with paralysiscausedbytraumaticornontraumaticSCIintheUnitedStates,whichis
considerablyhigherthananyotherestimatesofSCIprevalenceanywhereinthe world. Using Canada as an example, the prevalence rate of traumatic and nontraumaticSCIisestimatedat2,525personpermillionin2010(72).
DemographiccharacteristicsoftheprevalentSCIpopulationreportedbythis studyalsoappeartobeoutoflinewithexistingknowledge.Forexample,there werenopeopleunderage 18yearsreported.Asacknowledgedbythe authors, this estimate was based on self- or family-reported data without independent confirmation. Therefore, although overall results describing the prevalence of paralysisasdefinedinthestudymaybevalid,resultsreflectingtraumaticSCI fromthisstudyrequireconfirmationbyanotherstudywithmore rigorouscase ascertainmentprocedures.
DemographicProfileofChronicSCI
InthereportpublishedbyBerkowitzetal.,theageofallpersonslivingwithSCI intheUnitedStates,includingnewandexistingcases,wasestimatedat41years in 1988, which is about 10 years older than the average age of new cases reportedintheNSCIDatthattime(73).Becausewomenusuallyhavealonger lifeexpectancythanmen,theoverallmaletofemaleprevalenceratiowasfound to be lower than the ratio observed among new SCI cases (2.6 vs. 4.0). The whitetononwhiteprevalenceratioamongpersonswith SCIwhowerealivein 1988was1.5,similartotheratioamongnewcases.
CharacteristicsoftheprevalentSCIpopulationwereestimatedbyanalyzing datafromtheNSCIDandNationalShrinersSCIDatabase(74).Among45,442 peoplelivingwithSCIin2008,theaverageageoftheprevalentpopulationwas higher than that of the incident population (45.0 years vs. 37.1 years). This differencewasnotedforallneurologicalcategories.Withincreasingseverityof injury,meanagedecreasesandtheage gapincreases asa resultof differential survivalratesbyageandneurologicalimpairment.Contrarytoexpectations,the percentage of persons who were older than 60 years was virtually identical betweenprevalentand incidentcases (13.7%vs13.2%),andthepercentageof femaleswasalsoidentical(21.7%).Comparedwithnewlyinjuredpersons,those intheprevalentpopulationhad higher injury levels (C1–C4 injury: 17.0% vs.
27.2%),lesslikelihoodof ventilator-dependency(4.6%vs. 1.1%),and reduced likelihoodof residingin anursinghome (10.8%vs. 4.6%).Thesefindingsare similartothoseinBerkowitz’s1988reportandthoseofarecentstudyconducted inFinland(73,75).
In data analyzed from 12,456 participants enrolled in the NSCID during 2000to2017,socio-demographiccharacteristicsofpeoplelivingwithSCIwere further examined by post-injury years. Among those who were single and at least15 years of ageatthe time of injury, about 60.7% remainedsingle/never married15yearsafterSCI.Previousresearchshowedtheannualmarriagerate after SCI is 59% below that for persons of comparable age, sex, and marital status(nevermarriedvs.previouslymarried)inthegeneralpopulation(76).The annualdivorcerateduringthefirst3yearsafterSCIis2.3timesnormal,andfor thosemarriagesthatoccurafterinjury,thedivorcerateisstill1.7timesnormal (77).
AmongpersonsenrolledintheNSCIDwhowereinthe9thtothe11thgrade atthetimeoftheirinjury,46.8%earnedahighschooldiplomawithin5yearsof injury.Amongthosewhohadahighschooldiplomaatthetimeoftheirinjury, only28.9%receivedapost-highschooldegreewithin10years.Thelowlevels ofeducational attainment might magnifythedifficulty inadjustingto physical disabilityandobtainingsubsequentemployment.
Forpersonsaged16to59yearsatthetimeoffollow-up,thepercentageof persons with tetraplegia who are employed in the competitive labor market increases steadily with time, from 14.2% at the 1st anniversary of injury to
30.5% at the 15th anniversary of injury. Among those with paraplegia, the percentage employed in the competitive labor market is only slightly higher, rangingfrom17.1%atthe1stanniversaryto36.6%atthe15thanniversary.The most common types of jobs that persons with SCI obtain are professional specialty (31.7%); management, business, and financial occupations (23.2%); office and administrative support (11.2%); and sales and related occupations (8.8%)(29).
INTERNATIONALPERSPECTIVES
The work in understanding the global epidemiology of SCI has been prolific (78–80). The foremost work is the recent establishment of a living data repository structure by the International Spinal Cord Society to allow documentationandmappingofSCIincidence,etiology,and prevalencearound theworld(81,82).AnothergreatexampleisthepublicationoftheWorldHealth Organization’s International Perspectives on Spinal Cord Injury in 2013 that summarizedinformationonSCI,includingepidemiology,throughouttheworld (83).