Table 1.
Baseline characteristics.
| Usual care (n = 157) | Memory rehabilitation (n = 171) | |
|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | ||
| Mean [SD] | 45.1 [12.5] | 45.8 [11.5] |
| Gender | ||
| Men | 116 (74%) | 123 (72%) |
| Women | 41 (26%) | 48 (28%) |
| Ethnicity | ||
| White | 147 (94%) | 167 (98%) |
| Black | 6 (3%) | 2 (1%) |
| Mixed race | 3 (2%) | 1 (1%) |
| Other | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) |
| Residential status | ||
| Living alone | 44 (28%) | 43 (25%) |
| Living with others | 106 (68%) | 120 (70%) |
| Living with informal care | 2 (1%) | 1 (1%) |
| Living with formal care | 2 (1%) | 0 |
| Living in care home | 3 (2%) | 7 (4%) |
| Highest educational attainment | ||
| Below GCSE | 26 (17%) | 29 (17%) |
| GCSE | 54 (34%) | 49 (29%) |
| A-Level | 42 (27%) | 34 (20%) |
| Degree | 24 (15%) | 41 (24%) |
| Higher degree | 10 (6%) | 17 (10%) |
| Not known | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) |
| Employment status at screening (not mutually exclusive) | ||
| Not employed | 80 (51%) | 85 (50%) |
| Employed full-time | 25 (16%) | 38 (22%) |
| In education full-time | 2 (1%) | 1 (1%) |
| Voluntary full-time | 1 (1%) | – |
| Retired | 17 (11%) | 15 (9%) |
| Employed part-time | 25 (16%) | 19 (11%) |
| Voluntary part-time | 9 (6%) | 17 (10%) |
| Time since TBI (months) | ||
| Median [25th centile, 75th centile] | 46 [23, 116] | 58 [24, 148] |
| EMQ-p (participant-reported frequency of memory problems in everyday life) | ||
| Mean [SD] | 50.1 [24.6] | 47.4 [21.0] |
| RBMT-3 General Memory Index (assessed memory abilities) | ||
| Mean [SD] | 76.3 [14.5] | 77.7 [13.6] |
GCSE: General Certificate of Secondary Education; EMQ-p: Everyday Memory Questionnaire (patient version); TBI: traumatic brain injury; RBMT-3: Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test; GMI: General Memory Index.
EMQ-p scores range from 0 to 112 with higher scores indicating more frequent/important memory problems. RBMT-3 GMI scores range between 52 and 174 and have been standardized to have a mean of 100 and an SD of 15 on a demographically representative sample from the United Kingdom.