title: Perception From Barrier and Facilitator for Providing Early Rehabilitation Care for RTI Victims.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are a major public health problem and the most important cause of disability, morbidity and mortality worldwide. Early rehabilitation can play a significant role in minimizing complications, morbidity and mortality.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to describe perceptions of barriers precluding provision of early rehabilitation care for RTI victims.
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative content analysis was carried out on 15 nurses with at least one year experience caring for RTI victims. The nurses were selected from various wards (emergency, orthopedic, neurosurgery, and clinic) of Sina and Imam Khomeini Hospitals via targeted sampling. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and targeted sampling until data saturation. Data were analyzed and assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After continuous analysis and comparison of data, major causes precluding nurses from early rehabilitation of RTI patients were retrieved. These barriers included: (a) lack of insight, (b) lack of comprehensive care (c) excessive costs; facilitating factors included (d) training for cooperation and (e) support for coping.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings of this study show that the need for early rehabilitation in the hospital phase of care for RTI victims is needed. Knowledge about the barriers precluding nurses from early rehabiltiation of RTI patients and facilitators that can help health care workers and policy makers eliminate the barriers precluding early rehabilitation can help health care workers, especially nurses enable patients get over their disability and gain social and family support.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pashaei Sabet
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Kian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Norouzi Tabrizi
authors.affiliation: Sina Trauma and Surgical Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Soheil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saadat
authors.affiliation: Department of Health in Emergency and Disaster , School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Hamid Reza
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Khankeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan Branch, Isfahan, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Heidar Ali
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Abedi
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Trauma Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences,Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Danial
keywords: Early Rehabilitation; Nurses; Road Traffic Injuries