Table 1.
Socio-demographic and spinal cord injury related patient characteristics (N = 243)
| Variable | Descriptive statistics |
|---|---|
| Socio-demographic characteristics | |
| Years of age | |
| mean (SD) | 41.4 (13.6) |
| Gender | |
| % male | 79.4 |
| Marital status | |
| % never married | 41.6 |
| % currently married or cohabiting | 39.9 |
| % separated, divorced, widowed | 18.0 |
| Years of education | |
| mean (SD) | 13.0 (4.0) |
| Current occupational situation | |
| % paid work, self-employed | 33.7 |
| % unemployed for health reasons | 33.3 |
| % retired | 11.5 |
| % other (student, house-maker, etc.) | 21.5 |
| Spinal cord injury characteristics | |
| Etiology | |
| % sport | 9.1 |
| % assault | 6.2 |
| % transport | 35.0 |
| % fall | 11.9 |
| % other traumatic | 20.6 |
| % non-traumatic | 7.0 |
| % unspecified | 10.3 |
| Level of injury | |
| % paraplegia | 45.7 |
| Completeness of injury | |
| % complete (A) | 47.7 |
| % incomplete (B-D) | 43.6 |
| % unspecified | 8.6 |
| Time since onset in months | |
| mean (SD) | 139.6 (138.8) |
| median (IQR) | 86.1 (175.1) |