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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2009;2(4):297–307.

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Full cohort (n = 120)
Subset with 3 month follow-up data (n = 34)
Patient characteristic Mean ± SD Range Mean ± SD Range
Age at injury (years) 10.5 ± 4 3–18 11.6 ± 4 3–18
Initial GCS 5.9 ± 3 3–15 6.2 ± 3 3–15
TFC (days) 9.8 ± 11 0–50 7.7 ± 11 0–44
Duration of PTA (days) 17.9 ± 16 0–96 17.2 ± 15 2–68
TFC + PTA (days) 27.7 ± 25 0–142 24.8 ± 25 3–109
Admission Total Self Care DFQ 38.2 ± 25 14–100 42.7 ± 25 14–93
Admission Total Mobility DFQ 35.6 ± 24 14–100 39.0 ± 26 14–100
Admission Total Cognitive DFQ 37.8 ± 21 14–94 48.8 ± 23 14–94
Admission Total WeeFIM DFQ 37.3 ± 21 14–94 43.3 ± 23 14–90
Discharge Total Self Care DFQ 73.7 ± 16 18–106 75.9 ± 16 18–100
Discharge Total Mobility DFQ 71.7 ± 19 20–100 77.9 ± 17 20–100
Discharge Total Cognitive DFQ 68.5 ± 16 29–100 77.0 ± 16 35–100
Discharge Total WeeFIM DFQ 71.7 ± 14 25–96 76.8 ± 14 25–95
3 month follow-up Total Self Care DFQ 95.7 ± 16 14–113
3 month follow-up Total Mobility DFQ 94.5 ± 16 14–100
3 month follow-up Total Cognitive DFQ 91.1 ± 15 43–109
3 month follow-up Total WeeFIM DFQ 94.1 ± 14 22–106

GCS = Glasgow Coma Scale; TFC = Time to Follow Commands; PTA = Post Traumatic Amnesia; TFC + PTA = total duration of impaired consciousness; DFQ = Developmental Functional Quotient (percent of age-appropriate functioning).