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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 May;86(5):810–816. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002120

Table 7.

Change in Overall Functional Status Scale (FSS) Based on Factors in Multivariable Model

Variable No. of Patients Change in FSS from Baseline (SD) Change in FSS from Baseline by Domain (SD)
Communication Feeding Mental Motor Sensory Respiratory
No. of body regions with AIS≥2
 0 32 0.4 (1.2) 0.1 (0.2) 0.1 (0.4) 0.1 (0.2) 0.1 (0.5) 0.0 (0.0) 0.1 (0.4)
 1 350 0.5 (1.8) 0.1 (0.3) 0.1 (0.4) 0.1 (0.4) 0.2 (0.6) 0.1 (0.4) 0.0 (0.3)
 2 95 2.1 (3.7) 0.4 (0.9) 0.3 (0.8) 0.3 (0.5) 0.9 (1.1) 0.2 (0.7) 0.1 (0.4)
 3 38 2.0 (3.6) 0.3 (0.8) 0.3 (0.7) 0.2 (0.7) 1.1 (1.1) 0.1 (0.7) 0.1 (0.3)
 4 24 1.9 (2.2) 0.1 (0.3) 0.5 (0.9) 0.1 (0.3) 1.1 (1.2) 0.1 (0.3) 0.1 (0.4)
 >4 14 3.6 (3.7) 0.4 (0.6) 0.9 0.5) 0.4 (0.6) 1.6 (0.9) 0.1 (0.4) 0.3 (1.1)
Head injury AIS≥4
 Absent 439 0.9 (2.4) 0.1 (0.5) 0.2 (0.6) 0.1 (0.5) 0.4 (0.8) 0.1 (0.5) 0.0 (0.4)
 Present 114 1.3 (3.0) 0.2 (0.5) 0.3 (0.7) 0.2 (0.6) 0.4 (1.0) 0.1 (0.5) 0.1 (0.5)
Spine injury AIS≥4
 Absent 544 0.9 (2.5) 0.1 (0.5) 0.2 (0.6) 0.1 (0.5) 0.4 (0.8) 0.1 (0.4) 0.0 (0.4)
 Present 9 3.7 (5.5) 0.6 (1.3) 0.2 (0.7) 0.4 (1.3) 1.6 (1.4) 0.9 (1.5) 0.0 (0.0)
Lower extremity injury AIS≥2
 Absent 475 0.7 (2.3) 0.1 (0.5) 0.1 (0.5) 0.1 (0.5) 0.3 (0.8) 0.1 (0.5) 0.0 (0.3)
 Present 78 2.5 (3.4) 0.3 (0.8) 0.4 (1.0) 0.3 (0.7) 1.3 (0.9) 0.1 (0.6) 0.1 (0.6)

AIS-Abbreviated Injury Scale; SD-standard deviation