Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for select demographic and injury variables by family functioning group.
| Demographic and Injury variables | Group 1 NIC HFF |
Group 2 NIC UnHFF |
Group 3 MTBI HFF |
Group 4 MTBI UnHFF |
Group 5 STBI HFF |
Group 6 STBI UnHFF |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
| Age (years)1 | 47.7a | 9.3 | 45.8 | 10.9 | 43.3 | 8.8 | 43.5 | 9.0 | 40.9a | 8.8 | 43.9 | 10.8 |
| Education (years) | 16.7abc | 2.2 | 16.1 | 2.5 | 15.8 | 2.2 | 15.3a | 2.3 | 15.0b | 2.3 | 15.1c | 2.1 |
| Time since injury (months) | – | – | – | – | 14.2 | 5.8 | 13.9 | 5.6 | 12.7 | 4.7 | 13.5 | 5.3 |
| PCLC Subtotal (raw score) | 13.1a | 6.0 | 15.9b | 6.7 | 15.3c | 6.5 | 20.2abcde | 7.9 | 13.6d | 5.9 | 16.4e | 6.5 |
| % | % | % | % | % | % | |||||||
| Gender: Male | 94.1 | 92.9 | 94.3 | 95.0 | 98.3 | 94.0 | ||||||
| Ethnicity: White | 64.5ab | 72.0 | 85.9a | 78.8 | 92.2b | 78.3 | ||||||
N = 359 (Group 1 = 34, Group 2 = 28, Group 3 = 88, Group 4 = 101, Group 5 = 58, Group 6 = 50). abcdSame subscript denotes significant differences. PCLC, post-traumatic stress disorder checklist; NIC, non-injured controls; MTBI, uncomplicated mild TBI; STBI, combines severe TBI, moderate TBI, and complicated mild TBI. HFF, Healthy Family Functioning; UnHFF, Unhealthy Family Functioning; PCLC Subtotal, sum of PCLC items 1–7, 16, and 17.