Table 2 –
Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants.
| Variable | All participants | Age at burn injury |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| <18years | ≥18years | |||
| All participants, N (%) | 597 (100) | 165 (27.6) | 432 (72.4) | |
| Age at time of survey, N (%)* | ≤30 | 155 (26) | 72 (43.6) | 83 (19.2) |
| 31–50 | 206 (34.5) | 50 (30.3) | 156 (36.1) | |
| 51–65 | 180 (30.2) | 34 (20.6) | 146 (33.8) | |
| >65 | 55 (9.2) | 9 (5.5) | 46 (10.6) | |
| Gender, N (%)* | Female | 327 (54.8) | 108 (65.5) | 219 (50.7) |
| Male | 269 (45.1) | 57 (34.4) | 212 (49.1) | |
| Race/ethnicity, N (%) | White non-Hispanic | 465 (77.9) | 138 (83.6) | 327 (75.7) |
| Black or African-American | 55 (9.2) | 11 (6.7) | 44 (10.2) | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 40 (6.7) | 6 (3.6) | 34 (7.9) | |
| Othera | 32 (5.4) | 7 (4.2) | 25 (5.8) | |
| Education level, N (%) | High school or less | 246 (41.2) | 68 (41.2) | 178 (41.2) |
| Marital status, N (%) | Married/live with significant other | 270 (45.2) | 76 (46.1) | 194 (44.9) |
| Current work status, N (%)* | Working | 319 (53.4) | 106 (64.2) | 213 (49.3) |
| Not working | 191 (32) | 36 (21.8) | 155 (35.9) | |
| Otherb | 83 (13.9) | 21 (12.7) | 62 (14.4) | |
| TBSA burned, N (%)* | 0–20 | 142 (23.8) | 33 (20.0) | 109 (25.2) |
| 21–40 | 184 (30.8) | 41 (24.8) | 143 (33.1) | |
| 41–60 | 115 (19.3) | 26 (15.8) | 89 (20.6) | |
| 61–80 | 85 (14.2) | 40 (24.2) | 45 (10.4) | |
| 81–100 | 32 (5.4) | 11 (6.7) | 21 (4.9) | |
| Burns to critical areas, N (%) | 484 (81.1) | 128 (77.6) | 356 (82.4) | |
| Time since burn injury, N (%)* | <3years | 156 (26.1) | 2 (1.2) | 154 (35.6) |
| 3–10years | 165 (27.6) | 22 (13.3) | 143 (33.1) | |
| >10years | 276 (46.2) | 141 (85.5) | 135 (31.3) | |
Characteristics differing significantly between the groups (p<0.01) are denoted with an asterisk (*).
a
Includes Asian (N=8), American Indian or Alaskan Native (4), Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (2), Multiracial (15), and other reported race/ethnicity (3).
b
Includes homemaker/caregiver, volunteer, retired, and unknown.