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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 31.
Published in final edited form as: NeuroRehabilitation. 2011;29(1):9–21. doi: 10.3233/NRE-2011-0672

Table 3.

Prevalence of MDD by demographic, injury, and discharge characteristics at 1 and 5 years post SCI

1 year post SCI
5 years post SCI
No MDD (N = 1720)
MDD (N = 232)
No MDD (N = 1242)
MDD (N = 132)
Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent
Sex
 Male 1340 88.57 173 11.43 968 92.19 82 7.81
 Female 380 86.56 59 13.44 274 84.57 50 15.43
Race
 Caucasian 1112 87.77 155 12.23 871 90.07 96 9.93
 Black 355 88.53 46 11.47 236 93.65 16 6.35
 Hispanic 220 90.53 23 9.47 109 86.51 17 13.49
 Other 33 84.62 6 15.38 24 88.89 3 11.11
Age
 18–35 years old 758 89.92 85 10.08 557 92.83 43 7.17
 35–55 years old 629 84.09 119 15.91 465 87.74 65 12.26
 55–70 years old 207 91.59 19 8.41 140 90.32 15 9.68
 70+ 57 91.94 5 8.06 37 94.87 2 5.13
Marital Status
 Married 680 87.74 95 12.26 493 89.96 55 10.04
 Not Married 1038 88.42 136 11.58 748 90.67 77 9.33
Education
 Less than HS 314 88.20 42 11.80 214 88.43 28 11.57
 HS/GED 1030 88.11 139 11.89 738 90.00 82 10.00
 More than HS 305 89.44 36 10.56 241 94.88 13 5.12
Employment
 Employed 1168 88.48 152 11.52 853 90.46 90 9.54
 Unemployed 210 82.35 45 17.65 151 89.35 18 10.65
 Other 303 90.18 33 9.82 207 90.00 23 10.00
Cause of Injury
 Vehicular 884 88.22 118 11.78 645 89.83 73 10.17
 Falls/Flying or Falling Objects 415 87.18 61 12.82 286 90.51 30 9.49
 Sports/Recreational Vehicles/Pedestrians 161 89.44 19 10.56 142 96.60 5 3.40
 Violence/Medical Surgical/Other 259 88.70 33 11.30 167 87.43 24 12.57
Place of Residence††
 Private 1573 88.67 201 11.33 1120 90.69 115 9.31
 Hospital/Nursing Home 122 82.43 26 17.57 99 86.09 16 13.91
 Other 23 85.19 4 14.81 21 95.45 1 4.55
Bladder Management††
 Indwelling Catheter 243 84.67 44 15.33 184 85.98 30 14.02
 ICP 1076 89.52 126 10.48 811 92.47 66 7.53
 Voiding 256 85.33 44 14.67 149 86.13 24 13.87
 Catheter-Free 51 94.44 3 5.56 47 95.92 2 4.08
 None 65 86.67 10 13.33 37 82.22 8 17.78
Mechanical Ventilation††
 Yes (Any) 49 81.67 11 18.33 34 87.18 5 12.82
 No 1655 88.50 215 11.50 1192 90.44 126 9.56
ASIA Impairment††
 Complete 744 88.36 98 11.64 591 92.06 51 7.94
 Incomplete 916 88.25 122 11.75 616 88.76 78 11.24
Neurological Impairment††
 Tetraplegia 904 87.68 127 12.32 663 91.32 63 8.68
 Paraplegia 759 89.08 93 10.92 549 89.27 66 10.73

indicates pre-injury,

††

indicates rehabilitation discharge.