Table 1.
Patient and injury characteristics, overall and for two subgroups
| C5–8 AIS A, B*n = 78 | T1–9 AIS A, B**n = 158 | SCIRehab Studysample n = 1032 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age at injury, mean (SD) | 31.7 (15.1) | 31.5 (13.0) | 37.7 (16.7) |
| Gender, % Male | 81 | 79 | 81 |
| Race/ethnicity (%) | |||
| White | 77 | 72 | 71 |
| Black | 17 | 22 | 22 |
| Hispanic | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Other | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Primary language (%) English primary language | 95 | 95 | 94 |
| Payer (%) | |||
| Medicare | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Medicaid | 20 | 24 | 18 |
| Private insurance/pay | 73 | 63 | 64 |
| Worker's compensation | 3 | 10 | 11 |
| Marital status at injury (%) Married | 23 | 32 | 38 |
| Education (%) | |||
| Less than high-school diploma | 27 | 20 | 20 |
| High-school diploma or GED | 45 | 56 | 51 |
| College | 26 | 20 | 25 |
| Other/unknown | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Occupational status before injury (%) | |||
| Working | 63 | 73 | 66 |
| Student | 19 | 15 | 15 |
| Retired | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Other | 17 | 11 | 11 |
| Injury etiology (%) | |||
| Vehicular | 49 | 62 | 49 |
| Violence | 10 | 15 | 11 |
| Sports | 26 | 2 | 1% |
| Fall or falling object | 15 | 18 | 25 |
| Other | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Injury work related? (%) No | 97 | 87 | 86 |
| Body mass index at admission (%) Less than 30 | 90 | 78 | 82 |
| Admission motor FIM – Rasch transformed, mean (SD) | 11.3 (9.5) | 26.7 (5.4) | 17.8 (12.6) |
| Admission cognitive FIM – Rasch transformed, mean (SD) | 71.2 (15.4) | 76.6 (16.0) | 73.6 (18.1) |
| Comprehensive Severity Index, mean (SD) | 40.6 (24.9) | 35.5 (23.2) | 40.0 (31.6) |
| Days from injury to rehabilitation, mean (SD) | 34.7 (21.9) | 30.9 (25.1) | 31.0 (27.8) |
*No change in neurological level or improvement to AIS C or D by discharge.
**No improvement to AIS C or D by discharge.