title: An evaluation of the International Standards to Document Remaining Autonomic Function after Spinal Cord Injury: input from the international community.
abstract: METHODS
  Interactive workshops with a presurvey-postsurvey.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe a series of workshops held at international meetings to inform the spinal cord injury (SCI) community about the International Standards to Document Remaining Autonomic Function after Spinal Cord Injury (ISAFSCI) and to obtain feedback on both the workshop and the ISAFSCI assessment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three international conferences of SCI practitioners in Toronto, Las Vegas and Vancouver held between 2012 and 2013.
  
  
  METHODS
  The workshops included an overview of the ISAFSCI, sharing experiences using it in clinical practice and interactive cases illustrating how to complete the scoring. A presurvey-postsurvey was administered to obtain feedback on the workshops and the ISAFSCI assessment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred and fourteen participants completed the workshop surveys and 96% (109/114) completed both presurvey and postsurvey. Prior to the workshop, 41% (47/114) of those who had completed the survey reported assessing autonomic function in their practice, and of those, 53% (25/47) reported using the ISAFSCI. After the workshop, 74% (84/114) of participants reported that the case studies were helpful, and 57% (65/114) reported that they wanted to start or continue to use the ISAFSCI in their clinical practice. Suggestions for improving the ISAFSCI included providing further areas to consider when performing the assessment, addressing ambiguity of terms and reporting foreseeable implementation challenges.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results from this workshop suggest that more work is needed to inform the SCI community on the ISAFSCI assessment and to further clarify its language. Results from this study will inform future revisions to the ISAFSCI.
authors.affiliation: International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.|Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Round
authors.affiliation: Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.|Department of Orthopedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Walden
authors.affiliation: Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.|Department of Orthopedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Noonan
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.|GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre, Vancouver Health Authority, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Townson
authors.affiliation: International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.|Department of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.|GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre, Vancouver Health Authority, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Krassioukov
mesh_terms: D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004493:Education / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000592:standards; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires