Table 1.
Variable | All (N = 121)
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Intervention (n = 60)
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Usual care (n = 61)
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n or M | % or SD | n or M | % or SD | n or M | % or SD | |
Age, years | 43.17 | 14.69 | 42.80 | 14.65 | 43.52 | 14.84 |
Female | 43 | 35.5 | 21 | 35.0 | 22 | 36.1 |
Race/ethnicity | ||||||
White | 55 | 45.4 | 24 | 40.0 | 31 | 50.9 |
Black | 26 | 21.5 | 18 | 30.0 | 8 | 13.1 |
American Indian | 19 | 15.7 | 6 | 10.0 | 13 | 21.3 |
Asian | 6 | 5.0 | 3 | 5.0 | 3 | 4.9 |
Hispanic | 15 | 12.4 | 9 | 15.0 | 6 | 9.8 |
Education, years | 12.43 | 2.22 | 12.83 | 2.62 | 12.02 | 1.67 |
Marital status | ||||||
Married/living with partner | 27 | 22.3 | 13 | 21.7 | 14 | 23.0 |
Employed | 45 | 37.2 | 24 | 40.0 | 21 | 34.4 |
Insurance | ||||||
Private | 19 | 15.7 | 8 | 13.3 | 11 | 18.0 |
Public | 76 | 62.8 | 39 | 65.0 | 37 | 60.7 |
None | 26 | 21.5 | 13 | 21.7 | 13 | 21.3 |
Acute care injury & medical | ||||||
Injury severity category | ||||||
0–8 | 36 | 29.7 | 20 | 33.3 | 16 | 26.2 |
9–15 | 33 | 27.3 | 15 | 25.0 | 18 | 29.5 |
≥ 16 | 52 | 43.0 | 25 | 41.7 | 27 | 44.3 |
Traumatic brain injury | ||||||
None | 78 | 64.5 | 37 | 61.6 | 41 | 67.2 |
Mild | 20 | 16.5 | 13 | 21.7 | 7 | 11.5 |
Moderate/severe | 23 | 19.0 | 10 | 16.7 | 13 | 21.3 |
Intentional injurya | 34 | 28.1 | 19 | 31.7 | 15 | 24.6 |
Comorbid medical conditions | ||||||
0 | 43 | 35.5 | 24 | 40.0 | 19 | 31.2 |
1 | 30 | 24.8 | 14 | 23.30 | 16 | 26.2 |
2 | 26 | 21.5 | 10 | 16.70 | 16 | 26.2 |
≥ 3 | 22 | 18.2 | 12 | 20.0 | 10 | 16.4 |
Days in ICU | ||||||
0 | 45 | 37.2 | 24 | 40.0 | 21 | 34.4 |
1 | 20 | 16.5 | 12 | 20.0 | 8 | 13.1 |
≥ 2 | 56 | 46.3 | 24 | 40.0 | 32 | 52.5 |
Days in hospital | 12.45 | 15.10 | 10.98 | 14.87 | 13.89 | 15.31 |
Clinical | ||||||
Prior traumas before admission | 5.86 | 3.10 | 5.68 | 2.97 | 6.04 | 3.23 |
Preinjury PTSD symptoms | 57 | 47.1 | 25 | 41.7 | 32 | 52.5 |
Baseline PCL-C totalb | 46.98 | 10.47 | 46.97 | 10.16 | 47 | 10.85 |
Baseline PHQ-9 depression totalb | 14.66 | 5.36 | 14.32 | 5.68 | 15 | 5.04 |
Preinjury AUDIT-C total | 4.34 | 3.65 | 4.45 | 3.38 | 4.23 | 3.92 |
Blood alcohol + on admission | 43 | 35.5 | 25 | 41.7 | 18 | 29.5 |
Screen + for stimulants | 20 | 16.5 | 11 | 18.3 | 9 | 14.80 |
Screen + for marijuana | 13 | 10.7 | 5 | 8.3 | 8 | 13.1 |
Note. No comparisons were statistically significant. PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder; PCL-C = PTSD Checklist–Civilian version; PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire; ICU = intensive care unit; AUDIT-C = The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test–Consumption items.
Intentional injury includes gunshots, physical assault, and stabbings.
For PCL-C and PHQ-9 baseline assessments, inpatients were asked to report symptoms since the injury event.