Table 2.

Linear regression analysis results examining predictors of the SF-36 vitality scores at 6, 12, and 24 months after injury

	6 mo		12 mo		24 mo
Variables	β	P	β	P	β	P
Age	−0.138*	.008*	−0.122	.020	−0.074	.232
Female gender	−0.060	.240	−0.154*	.004*	−0.141	.018
Race/ethnicity, compared with white
Black, non-Hispanic	−0.110	.026	−0.058	.253	−0.089	.122
Other	0.001	.987	−0.041	.419	0.016	.780
Working at the time of injury	0.061	.277	0.032	.566	0.075	.263
Married	0.015	.772	0.036	.493	0.013	.825
TBSA burned	−0.179*	.005*	−0.174*	.011*	−0.181	.018
Etiology, compared with fire/flame
Scald	−0.098	.058	−0.111	.033	−0.042	.482
Grease	0.002	.974	−0.019	.720	0.013	.833
Electricity	−0.083	.107	−0.119	.029	−0.153*	.012*
Other	−0.154*	.003*	−0.158*	.003*	−0.060	.325
Length of hospital stay	0.065	.299	0.017	.790	0.095	.199
Inhalation injury	0.012	.817	−0.059	.256	0.029	.627
Drug abuse	−0.063	.206	−0.046	.378	0.034	.600
Alcohol abuse	−0.080	.115	−0.054	.298	−0.049	.425
Psychiatric treatment	−0.099	.048	−0.084	.109	−0.114	.068
Preexisting physical disability	−0.038	.493	−0.112	.038	−0.019	.763

SF, Short Form.

^*Indicates significance (P < .0167).