2.1 Study design and participants
This was a cross-sectional study of women with SCI who participated in
the community survey of the SwiSCI conducted in 2017 (8). SwiSCI is part
of the International Spinal Cord Injury (InSCI) survey, an initiative
that coordinates community surveys on SCI in more than 20 countries (9).
Female Swiss residents with traumatic or non-traumatic SCI were eligible
and included in the study. Exclusion criteria were age below 16 years, a
new SCI in the context of end of life, a nSCI due to congenital
conditions (e.g. spina bifida), neurodegenerative disorders (e.g.
multiple sclerosis) or Guillain-Barre syndrome.