TABLE 1.

Demographic and Injury Data for the Sample (N = 196)

Variable	Mean (SD)
Age (years)	69.3 (10)
Injury severity
Glasgow Coma Scale score	9.9 (4)
Injury Severity Score	25.6 (9)
Elixhauser scorea	1.7 (1)
Modified Functional Independence Measure score	8.7 (3)
Length of hospital stay (days)	21.6 (24)
	n (%)
Sex
Men	139 (70.9)
Women	57 (29.1)
Race
White	173 (88.3)
Asian	7 (3.6)
Black	5 (2.6)
Native American	4 (2)
Other	7 (3.5)
Cause of injury
Fall	81 (41.3)
Pedestrian hit by vehicle	39 (19.9)
Motor vehicle collision	34 (17.3)
Other vehicle collision (e.g., bicycle)	7 (3.6)
Struck by object	7 (3.6)
Assault	4 (2)
Other, not specified	24 (12.2)
In-hospital mortality	61 (31.1)

^an = 162.

Note. The Glasgow Coma Scale is a measure of depth of impaired consciousness following traumatic brain injury or other disorders (Teasdale & Jennett, 1974), scored from 3 to 15, with higher scores indicating greater neurological function; The Injury Severity Score is the sum of the squares of the most severe injury in each of the three most severely injured body regions, scored from 1 (least severe) to 75 (most severe) (Baker & O’Neill, 1976); The Elixhauser score is a count of concurrent pre-existing medical conditions, with higher numbers indicating more conditions present (Elixhauser, Steiner, Harris, & Coffey, 1998); The modified Functional Independence Measure consists of three items: locomotion, feeding, and communication, each rated on a scale of 1 (total dependence) to 4 (total independence), with total scores ranging from 3 to 12 and lower scores indicating greater dependence (Mosenthal et al., 2004).