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. 2012 May 22;5:10.3402/gha.v5i0.11816. doi: 10.3402/gha.v5i0.11816

Table 4.

Scoring of disability components at baseline, follow-up at month 3 (FU-3) and at month 6 (FU-6)

Mean score* of disability

Injured (n=150)** Non-Injured (n=80)***


Disability components (DC) Baseline FU-3 FU-6 Baseline FU-3 FU-6
DC1 to see and recognize other person across the street 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.1
DC2 to see and recognize an object located approximately 30 cm from you 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.1 2.4 2.3
DC3 to hear other person talking with a normal voice who is standing at the other side of the room you are in 2.1 1.9 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.9
DC4 to hear a person talking with other person in a quiet room 2.1 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.7
DC5 feel discomfort/pain 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.1 2.3 2.2
DC6 feel shortness of breath after finishing a mild exercise 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.4
DC7 cough or sneeze for 10 min duration or more 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4
DC8 experience sleeping disorder 2.4 2.6 2.4 1.8 2.2 1.9
DC9 experience health problem that affects your emotion in shape of sadness and depressed 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.7
DC10 difficulty to stand up in 30 min duration 2.6 2.4 2.3 1.6 1.8 1.7
DC11 difficulty to walk as far as 1 km 2.6 2.6 2.5 1.7 1.8 1.6
DC12 to focusing your thought to one activity or try to remember something as long as 10 min 2.4 2.0 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.9
DC13 to clean your whole body for example taking a bath 2.2 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.6
DC14 to get dressed 2.2 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.3 1.5
DC15 to do your daily activities/chores 2.5 2.0 2.1 1.6 1.5 1.7
DC16 to understand other people is saying 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.7
DC17 to interact/socialize with a stranger 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.7
DC18 to maintain your friendship 2.1 1.8 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.7
DC19 to do your duty as your responsibility as a member of a household 2.5 2.1 2.2 1.8 1.7 1.8
DC20 to participate in the social activities (neighborhood gathering, Qur'an recital, religious activity 2.6 2.1 2.2 2.1 1.7 1.9
DC21 in general, how extent those difficulties you are facing affect your life 2.9 2.2 2.0 2.3 1.8 1.4
Central tendency comparisons of disability score
Mean (Std Dev) 45.3 (13.8) 41.2 (14.6) 41.8 (11.2) 35.6 (10.7) 35.3 (11.4) 35.6 (8.7)
Median 45.0 39.0 40.0 35.0 35.0 35.0
Range 2–76 20–89 23–79 20–59 20–64 20–64
p-Values of mean comparisons**** <0.0005 <0.0005 <0.0005

*Item range 1–5; total range 20–100.

**Size (number of subject) of injured group at the end (i.e. after 6 months) of study.

***Size of non-injured group at the end of study.

****Calculated based on independent t-test, comparing mean of disability scores in injured group with mean in non-injured group, at baseline, at FU-3 and at FU-6.