Table 2.
Mean (SD) Clinician experience and treatment time by various disciplines, by injury group*
| Total SCIRehab Sample n = 600 | C1–C4 AIS A, B, C n = 132 | C5–C8 AIS A, B, C n = 151 | Para AIS A, B, C n = 223 | AIS D n = 94 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All therapies combined | |||||
| # years SCI rehabilitation experience of clinicians† | 6.7 (3.4) | 7.6 (3.5) | 6.7 (2.8) | 6.7 (3.5) | 5.8 (3.6) |
| Total # hours† | 179.7 (106.0) | 232.5 (114.9) | 220.8 (105.2) | 148.6 (79.8) | 113.1 (84.6) |
| # minutes per week† | 1442 (293.5) | 1398 (302.6) | 1495 (311.4) | 1454 (286.3) | 1390 (252.0) |
| Physical therapy | |||||
| # years SCI rehabilitation experience of clinicians | 5.8 (4.8) | 6.4 (5.5) | 5.6 (4.3) | 5.9 (4.8) | 5.0 (4.4) |
| Total # hours† | 56.9 (36.0) | 67.0 (35.5) | 67.9 (37.2) | 50.6 (33.5) | 40.0 (30.6) |
| Percent of total hours, all disciplines† | 31.7 (7.9) | 28.8 (6.1) | 30.0 (6.0) | 33.0 (9.2) | 35.3 (7.8) |
| # minutes per week† | 455.6 (129.2) | 404.5 (118.6) | 446.7 (105.5) | 475.7 (141.1) | 494.0 (126.3) |
| Occupational therapy | |||||
| # years SCI rehabilitation experience of clinicians† | 6.1 (5.3) | 7.2 (5.9) | 6.7 (5.4) | 5.5 (5.0) | 5.2 (4.7) |
| Total # hours† | 51.9 (35.5) | 69.0 (37.9) | 69.0 (37.3) | 37.7 (24.0) | 34.3 (28.2) |
| Percent of total hours, all disciplines† | 28.4 (7.6) | 29.6 (6.8) | 30.6 (6.6) | 25.9 (8.3) | 29.3 (7.0) |
| # minutes per week† | 406.7 (113.4) | 410.5 (103.3) | 452.2 (99.2) | 372.0 (119.6) | 410.6 (107.0) |
| Speech language pathology | |||||
| # years SCI rehabilitation experience of clinicians | 6.5 (3.7) | 6.9 (5.5) | 6.4 (4.0) | 6.5 (2.3) | 6.0 (2.8) |
| Total # hours† | 3.9 (10.2) | 8.0 (16.2) | 2.9 (6.4) | 2.6 (7.8) | 2.9 (7.7) |
| Percent of total hours, all disciplines† | 1.7 (3.6) | 2.8 (4.3) | 1.3 (3.0) | 1.2 (2.9) | 2.1 (4.3) |
| # minutes per week† | 24.1 (47.5) | 37.5 (56.2) | 18.2 (38.5) | 18.1 (41.2) | 29.1 (57.0) |
| Therapeutic recreation | |||||
| # years SCI rehabilitation experience of clinicians | 7.5 (8.6) | 8.9 (9.4) | 7.1 (8.3) | 7.0 (8.4) | 7.6 (8.2) |
| Total # hours† | 17.2 (16.3) | 18.7 (14.5) | 23.2 (20.6) | 16.1 (14.5) | 7.9 (9.1) |
| Percent of total hours, all disciplines† | 9.7 (7.7) | 8.5 (5.8) | 10.8 (8.2) | 10.9 (8.6) | 6.7 (5.9) |
| # minutes per week† | 152.1 (144.4) | 128.0 (99.1) | 177.5 (163.3) | 171.4 (163.0) | 99.5 (92.3) |
| Psychology | |||||
| # years SCI rehabilitation experience of clinicians† | 15.3 (6.5) | 16.6 (6.5) | 15.7 (6.2) | 15.2 (6.6) | 13.0 (6.5) |
| Total # hours† | 10.6 (10.5) | 15.6 (12.4) | 12.7 (13.0) | 8.3 (6.4) | 5.5 (6.6) |
| Percent of total hours, all disciplines† | 5.5 (3.3) | 6.3 (3.2) | 5.5 (3.5) | 5.5 (3.0) | 4.4 (3.6) |
| # minutes per week† | 77.7 (42.4) | 85.4 (41.6) | 79.8 (43.0) | 79.2 (41.3) | 59.8 (40.9) |
| Social work/case management | |||||
| # years SCI rehabilitation experience of clinicians† | 12.8 (8.1) | 13.7 (8.4) | 12.9 (7.5) | 13.2 (8.1) | 10.2 (8.3) |
| Total # hours† | 10.0 (11.6) | 16.1 (17.3) | 9.9 (9.4) | 8.1 (8.8) | 6.0 (6.0) |
| Percent of total hours, all disciplines† | 5.1 (4.0) | 6.0 (4.5) | 4.1 (2.8) | 5.1 (4.2) | 5.5 (4.1) |
| # minutes per week† | 72.8 (56.3) | 83.2 (64.6) | 61.6 (42.3) | 72.0 (58.5) | 77.8 (56.1) |
| Nursing bedside education/care management | |||||
| # years SCI rehabilitation experience of clinicians | 6.1 (2.9) | 6.2 (2.6) | 6.1 (2.7) | 6.2 (2.8) | 6.1 (3.7) |
| Total # hours† | 30.6 (20.7) | 40.0 (22.7) | 36.7 (20.3) | 26.3 (17.8) | 17.9 (14.7) |
| Percent of total hours, all disciplines | 17.9 (7.6) | 18.1 (7.0) | 17.5 (7.6) | 18.5 (8.0) | 16.7 (7.7) |
| # minutes per week | 264.3 (140.9) | 260.3 (131.3) | 267.9 (141.1) | 274.9 (152.0) | 239.2 (124.2) |
*Hours and minutes per week are averages over all 600 patients, not just based on those who received intervention by each discipline.
†Statistically significant differences in total hours or mean minutes per week among groups.