Table 1.
Demographic characteristics at the time of admission and at 7-year follow-up.
| Time of Admission (n = 21) |
7-Year Follow-Up (n = 21) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Gender, n (%) | ||
| Men | 14 (67) | |
| Women | 7 (33) | |
| Age, median (min-max) | 51 (27–70) | |
| Age, mean SD | 46 (13) | |
| Men | 48 (14) | |
| Women | 43 (12) | |
| GCS, median (min-max) | 6 (3–8) | |
| Men | 6 (3–8) | |
| Women | 5 (3–8) | |
| Cause of injury, High energy trauma, n (%) | ||
| Men | 2 (14) | |
| Women | 6 (86) | |
| Intensive care (days), median (min-max) | 14 (3–39) | |
| Men | 13.5 (3–39) | |
| Women | 16 (7–23) | |
| Inpatient rehabilitation, (days), median (min-max) | 34 (0–117) | |
| Men | 20 (0–117) | |
| Women | 43 (34–89) | |
| Livelihoods, employment | ||
| Unchanged disability pension or social insurance | 2 (9.5) | |
| Unchanged retirement pension | 1 (5) | |
| Unchanged full-time or part-time work | 8 (38) | |
| Ongoing vocational rehab or adapted work | 2 (9.5) | |
| Sick leave because of STBI | 8 (38) | |
| Other characteristics | ||
| Known alcohol or drug abuse, n (%) | 5 (24) | 0 (0) |
| Previous brain injury, hospital stay, n (%) | 7 (33) | |
| Post-traumatic epilepsy, n (%) | 1 (5) | 8 (38) |
| Medication for depression, n (%) | 1 (5) | |
| Co-existing spinal cord injury, n (%) | 1 (5) |