Table 3.
SW/CM: percent of patients receiving each type of activity, mean total hours (standard deviation), and mean minutes/week (standard deviation), by injury category*
| SW/CM activities for all patients | Full SCIRehab sample n = 600 | C1–4 AIS ABC, n = 132 | C5–8 AIS ABC, n = 151 | Para AIS ABC, n = 223 | AIS D, n = 94 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All SW/CM activities (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Total hours (SD)† | 10.0 (11.6) | 16.1 (17.3) | 9.9 (9.4) | 8.1 (8.8) | 6.0 (6.0) |
| Minutes per week (SD)† | 72.8 (56.3) | 83.2 (64.6) | 61.6 (42.3) | 72.0 (58.5) | 77.8 (56.1) |
| Initial assessment (%) | 54 | 51 | 52 | 51 | 66 |
| Total hours (SD) | 0.5 (0.6) | 0.5 (0.5) | 0.5 (0.6) | 0.5 (0.6) | 0.6 (0.6) |
| Minutes per week (SD)† | 4.9 (9.8) | 2.7 (4.0) | 3.1 (4.3) | 4.9 (10.0) | 11.1 (16.7) |
| Discharge plan and services (%) | 89 | 94 | 87 | 88 | 84 |
| Total hours (SD)† | 3.2 (4.9) | 6.1 (7.9) | 2.8 (3.4) | 2.5 (3.3) | 1.8 (2.1) |
| Minutes per week (SD)† | 23.9 (25.6) | 31.5 (30.6) | 17.2 (18.3) | 23.3 (25.7) | 25.4 (24.6) |
| Financial planning (%) | 67 | 79 | 73 | 65 | 45 |
| Total hours (SD)† | 1.4 (2.5) | 2.4 (3.6) | 1.4 (2.0) | 1.1 (2.1) | 0.5 (0.9) |
| Minutes per week (SD)† | 9.1 (12.7) | 11.8 (14.1) | 8.8 (10.3) | 9.0 (14.0) | 5.8 (10.1) |
| Community in house (%) | 66 | 74 | 69 | 64 | 56 |
| Total hours (SD)† | 0.8 (1.5) | 1.4 (2.3) | 0.8 (1.1) | 0.7 (1.1) | 0.5 (1.1) |
| Minutes per week (SD) | 6.4 (10.6) | 8.2 (14.5) | 5.0 (7.2) | 6.3 (8.9) | 6.7 (12.2) |
| Supportive counseling (%) | 56 | 66 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Total hours (SD)† | 0.8 (1.7) | 1.4 (2.6) | 0.8 (1.4) | 0.6 (1.1) | 0.6 (1.2) |
| Minutes per week (SD) | 5.4 (9.1) | 7.0 (11.1) | 4.7 (7.1) | 4.6 (7.9) | 6.1 (11.1) |
| Education (%) | 30 | 34 | 34 | 24 | 30 |
| Total hours (SD) | 0.1 (0.3) | 0.1 (0.3) | 0.1 (0.3) | 0.1 (0.2) | 0.1 (0.3) |
| Minutes per week (SD) | 1.1 (3.0) | 0.9 (1.8) | 1.1 (2.4) | 0.9 (2.3) | 1.9 (5.5) |
| Peer advocacy groups (%) | 12 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 2 |
| Total hours (SD) | 0.1 (0.6) | 0.2 (0.7) | 0.2 (0.8) | 0.1 (0.5) | 0.0 (0.0) |
| Minutes per week (SD) | 0.6 (2.8) | 0.7 (2.4) | 0.7 (3.0) | 0.8 (3.4) | 0.1 (0.4) |
| Interdisciplinary conferencing‡ (%) | 96 | 98 | 97 | 96 | 90 |
| Total hours (SD) | 2.3 (1.8) | 3.1 (2.2) | 2.7 (1.7) | 2.0 (1.6) | 1.5 (1.4) |
| Minutes per week (SD) | 17.7 (9.2) | 17.0 (7.0) | 17.6 (8.6) | 18.3 (10.1) | 17.4 (10.3) |
| Classes (%) | 24 | 30 | 25 | 23 | 17 |
| Total hours (SD)† | 0.6 (1.3) | 0.8 (1.4) | 0.7 (1.5) | 0.5 (1.2) | 0.3 (0.9) |
| Minutes per week (SD) | 3.2 (7.1) | 3.3 (6.3) | 3.2 (6.4) | 3.6 (7.9) | 2.2 (6.8) |
*Hours and minutes per week are averages over all 600 patients, not just based on those who did receive one or more sessions of a particular activity.
†Statistically significant differences in time spent among injury groups.
‡Time spent by social worker/case manager.