Table 1.
Demographic and injury-related information for participants with SCI who reported current pain problems at T1 and T2 (N = 40)
| Age range, years | 23 –73 |
| Age, mean (SD)* years | 49.3 (13.1) |
| Time since injury, mean (SD) years | 17.9 (11.5) |
| Average age at injury (SD) | 31.4 (15.5) |
| Sex, % | |
| Men | 70 |
| Women | 30 |
| Ethnicity, † % | |
| Caucasian | 88 |
| African-American | 0 |
| Asian-American | 8 |
| Hispanic American | 8 |
| Native American | 13 |
| Marital status, % | |
| Married/living with SO | 53 |
| Divorced | 10 |
| Widowed | 8 |
| Never Married | 28 |
| Educational level, % | |
| Some high school | 5 |
| High school graduate | 15 |
| Vocational/Technical school | 8 |
| Some college | 38 |
| College graduate | 20 |
| Graduate/Professional school | 15 |
| Self-reported injury level, % | |
| C1-C4 | 10 |
| C5-C8 | 38 |
| T1-T5 | 15 |
| T6-T12 | 28 |
| L1-S4,5 | 10 |
| Completeness of injury, % | |
| Complete | 40 |
| Incomplete | 50 |
| Don’t know | 10 |
| Cause of injury, % | |
| Motor vehicle collision | 30 |
| Fall | 18 |
| Diving | 10 |
| Sports-related accident | 8 |
| Gunshot wound | 3 |
| Other | 33 |
*
SD, standard deviation.
†
Participants could endorse more than one response, therefore percentages total more than 100%.