Table 1.
Sample characteristics
| Characteristic | Mean ± SD, or % |
|---|---|
| No. of subjects | 5347 |
| Age (y) | 51.6 ± 18.9 |
| Gender (% female) | 32.46 |
| Race/ethnicity (% white) | 72.48 |
| Marital status (% married)* | 40.02 |
| Preadmission employment status | |
| Employed* | 40.63 |
| Student or homemaker | 3.17 |
| Sheltered/not working/retired | 56.20 |
| Preadmission living situation | |
| Living at home | 97.66 |
| Not living at home | 2.34 |
| Payer source | |
| Private pay | 20.80 |
| Medicare | 34.43 |
| Medicaid | 16.74 |
| Other | 28.03 |
| % TBSA | 27.6 ± 2.1 |
| Onset days | 45.7 ± 44.6 |
| FIM admission cognitive | |
| Total | 26.8 ± 7.0 |
| Memory | 5.1 ± 1.7 |
| Problem solving | 5.0 ± 1.7 |
| Social interaction | 5.4 ± 1.5 |
| Expression | 5.7 ± 1.5 |
| Comprehension | 5.6 ± 1.4 |
TBSA = total burn surface area; FIM = Functional Independence Measure.
Defined as anyone who self-reported in the data.