Table 1.
Participants with TBI (n = 20) | |
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M (SD) | |
Subject Demographic Profile | [95% CI] |
Age | 42.6 (19.5) [95% CI: 33.4, .51.7] |
Gender | |
Male (%) | 14 (70) |
Ethnicity | |
Caucasian (%) | 15 (75) |
African American (%) | 2 (10) |
Hispanic (%) | 3 (15) |
Injury characteristics | |
Initial Glasgow Coma Score (M, SD) | 5.3 (6.4) [3.2, 7.4] |
Days since injury (M, SD) | 33.8 (15.0) [10.5, 23.3] |
Mechanism of injury | |
Fall (%) | 9 (45) |
Motor vehicle accident (%) | 7 (35) |
Act of violence (%) | 2 (10) |
Other trauma (%) | 2 (10) |
Rancho level of cognitive function | |
Level 6 (%) | 12 (60) |
Level 7 (%) | 7 (35) |
Level 8 (%) | 1 (5) |
Complications | |
Skull fractures (%) | 10 (50) |
Occipital (%) | 5 (25) |
Frontal (%) | 2 (10) |
Temporal (%) | 1 (5) |
Combination (%) | 2 (5) |
Hematomas (%) | 14 (70) |
Subdural (%) | 5 (25) |
Intraventricular (%) | 3 (15) |
Subarachnoid (%) | 2 (10) |
Combination (%) | 4 (20) |
Seizures (%) | 3 (15) |
Note. TBI = traumatic brain injury; CI = confidence interval; SD = standard deviation.