New Aus-InSCI Translation project to provide recommendations for improved spinal cord injury treatment, care and support

The NIISQ Agency is proud to announce a new three-year Aus-InSCI Translation Project with collaboration partner Griffith University.

The International Spinal Cord Injury (InSCI) Community Survey is the first ever worldwide survey for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) living in the community. Australia, is one country among many others taking part in this project to capture the lived experience of people with spinal cord injury by asking those who know best: people with lived experience of SCI. The project is a survey for people with spinal cord injury living in the community who have been discharged from a rehabilitation facility for at least 12 months.

The Aus-InSCI Translation Project, led by project lead, Prof Tim Geraghty and Samantha Borg, will analyse the Queensland specific results of the 2018-19 and 2024 Aus-InSCI Community Survey.

The findings of this project will be translated to help positive changes to clinical practice, changes in relevant policies and systems, and to help identify areas requiring enhanced community support for people with a spinal cord injury.

It is hoped the findings of this project will lead to improved outcomes of the treatment, care and support for participants with a spinal cord injury in hospital and community settings.

More information on the survey can be found on The International Spinal Cord Injury (InSCI) Community Survey Project and Australian arm (Aus-InSCI) website.