Table 3.
Level of health care and school need at 3 and 12 months by injury severity.
| Overall | Mild TBI | Complicated Mild /Moderate TBI | Severe TBI | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 month | 12 month | 3 month | 12 month | 3 month | 12 month | 3 month | 12 month | |
| Level of need – health care | N= 303 | N=282 | N = 114 | N = 101 | N = 126 | N = 115 | N = 63 | N = 66 |
| No need | 44 (15%) | 147 (52%) | 24 (21%) | 60 (59%) | 17 (13%) | 64 (56%) | 3 (5%) | 23 (35%) |
| Met need | 193 (64%) | 80 (28%) | 57 (50%) | 22 (22%) | 89 (71%) | 28 (24%) | 47 (75%) | 30 (45%) |
| Unmet need | 43 (14%) | 19 (7%) | 16 (14%) | 3 (3%) | 15 (12%) | 8 (7%) | 12 (19%) | 8 (12%) |
| Unrecognized need | 23 (8%) | 36 (13%) | 17 (15%) | 16 (16%) | 5 (4%) | 15 (13%) | 1 (2%) | 5 (8%) |
| Level of need – schoola | N=242 | N=249 | N = 88 | N = 86 | N = 100 | N = 101 | N = 54 | N = 62 |
| No need | 176 (73%) | 193 (78%) | 62 (70%) | 65 (76%) | 84 (84%) | 85 (84%) | 30 (56%) | 43 (69%) |
| Met need | 34 (14%) | 33 (13%) | 14 (16%) | 12 (14%) | 10 (10%) | 8 (8%) | 10 (19%) | 13 (21%) |
| Unmet need | 26 (11%) | 19 (8%) | 10 (11%) | 5 (6%) | 5 (5%) | 8 (8%) | 11 (20%) | 6 (10%) |
| Unrecognized need | 6 (2%) | 4 (2%) | 2 (2%) | 4 (5%) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (6%) | 0 (0%) |
a
School needs were only applicable for children age 6 and older at the time of assessment. This outcome also excludes 9 children at 3 months and 5 children at 12 months who were home schooled.