Table 2.
Patient, injury, and management details for patients with incomplete paraplegia (T2-S4/5, AIS C/D; n=218), incomplete tetraplegia (C1-T1, AIS C/D; n=540), complete paraplegia (T2-S4/5, AIS A/B; n=311), complete tetraplegia (C1-T1, AIS A/B; n=227), and the total analysis cohort (n=1376)
| Variable | Incomplete paraplegic n = 218 | Incomplete tetraplegia n = 540 | Complete paraplegic n = 311 | Complete tetraplegia n = 227 | Analysis cohort n = 1376 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age at injury (years); mean (SD) | 42.7 (18.3) | 54.2 (17.2) | 36.7 (15.7) | 39.0 (16.5) | 45.2 (18.5) |
| Male; n (%) | 162 (74.3%) | 443 (82.0%) | 258 (83.0%) | 183 (80.6%) | 1107 (80.5%) |
| Marital status; n (%) | |||||
| Married/common law | 72 (45.9%) | 226 (55.9%) | 113 (44.5%) | 80 (48.8%) | 491 (50.2%) |
| Widowed | 7 (4.5%) | 25 (6.2%) | 2 (0.8%) | 3 (1.8%) | 37 (2.6%) |
| Divorced/separated | 9 (5.7%) | 48 (11.9%) | 14 (5.5%) | 10 (6.1%) | 81 (8.3%) |
| Single | 69 (44.0%) | 105 (26.0%) | 125 (49.2%) | 71 (43.3%) | 370 (37.8%) |
| Education; n (%) | |||||
| Less than high school | 41 (27.0%) | 118 (30.7%) | 69 (27.6%) | 35 (22.2%) | 263 (27.8%) |
| High school | 56 (36.8%) | 130 (33.8%) | 103 (41.2%) | 84 (53.2%) | 373 (13.8%) |
| Higher education | 55 (36.2%) | 137 (35.6%) | 78 (31.2%) | 39 (24.7%) | 309 (32.7%) |
| Employed at injury; n (%) | 103 (66.5%) | 212 (52.5%) | 185 (72.3%) | 116 (71.2%) | 616 (63.0%) |
| Pre-injury smoking status; n (%) | |||||
| Current | 36 (24.8%) | 87 (24.3%) | 62 (27.1%) | 33 (22.8%) | 218 (24.9%) |
| Former | 50 (34.5%) | 139 (38.8%) | 61 (26.6%) | 39 (26.9%) | 289 (32.9%) |
| Never | 59 (40.7%) | 132 (36.9%) | 106 (46.3%) | 73 (50.3%) | 370 (42.2%) |
| Pre-injury living setting; n (%) | |||||
| Own home/rent | 141 (95.9%) | 388 (97.2%) | 240 (98.4%) | 153 (98.1%) | 922 (97.5%) |
| Other | 6 (4.1%) | 11 (2.8%) | 4 (1.6%) | 3 (1.9%) | 24 (2.5%) |
| Pre-injury living situation; n (%) | |||||
| Alone | 36 (23.2%) | 91 (22.3%) | 45 (17.6%) | 24 (14.6%) | 196 (19.9%) |
| Not alone | 119 (76.8%) | 318 (77.8%) | 211 (82.4%) | 140 (85.4%) | 788 (80.1%) |
| Pre-injury BMI ≥ 22; n (%) | 112 (79.4%) | 309 (82.2%) | 198 (84.3%) | 122 (80.3%) | 741 (82.0%) |
| Mechanism of injury; n (%) | |||||
| Sports | 25 (11.8%) | 70 (13.2%) | 49 (15.9%) | 44 (19.4%) | 188 (14.7%) |
| Transport | 65 (30.7%) | 119 (22.4%) | 120 (38.8%) | 107 (47.1%) | 411 (32.1%) |
| Falls | 92 (43.3%) | 290 (54.5%) | 104 (34.7%) | 50 (22.0%) | 536 (41.9%) |
| Other | 30 (14.2%) | 53 (10.0%) | 36 (11.7%) | 26 (11.5%) | 145 (11.3%) |
| Rehabilitation onset (days); | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 34.3 (36.4) | 39.0 (41.2) | 35.0 (27.7) | 67.4 (49.3) | 42.3 (41.5) |
| Median (IQR) | 24.0 (26.0) | 27.0 (31.0) | 27.0 (24.0) | 55.0 (57.0) | 30.0 (34.0) |
| Rehabilitation Admission FIM; mean (SD) | 82.4 (15.1) | 66.4 (21.4) | 66.9 (10.5) | 50.5 (7.7) | 66.4 (18.6) |
Note: BMI = Body Mass Index, FIM = Functional Independence Measure.