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Table 1 Sri Lankan spinal cord injury rehabilitation cohort demographics & injury characteristics

From: Spinal cord injury in the emergency context: review of program outcomes of a spinal cord injury rehabilitation program in Sri Lanka

Demographics

Total cohort (%) (n = 89)

SCIM score gain* (SD) (n = 84)

p-value**

Age

0.36

<21

16 (18%)

14.8 (11.0)

 

21-30

38 (43%)

14.8 (11.0)

 

31-35

14 (16%)

12.4 (8.1)

 

36+

21 (23%)

19.3 (15.4)

 

Sex

0.14

Female (N(%))

26 (29%)

18.5 (11.7)

 

Male

63 (71%)

14.3 (11.3)

 

Education

0.76

Sub-O levels

62 (70%)

16.1 (10.6)

 

O levels

16 (18%)

13.9 (15.2)

 

A levels

11 (12%)

14.4 (12.1)

 

Occupation

0.4

Manual

33 (50%)

16.7 (13.6)

 

Office

15 (23%)

15.3 (10.4)

 

Education

18 (27%)

11.9 (9.0)

 

Injury characteristics

SCIM score on admission

<0.01

<40

12 (13%)

15.3 (12.2)

 

40-55

30 (34%)

22.6 (13.4)

 

56-70

32 (36%)

13.4 (8.0)

 

> 70

15 (17%)

7.1 (6.7)

 

ASIA score

0.15

A

37 (43%)

15.4 (8.5)

 

B

17 (20%)

13.6 (10.6)

 

C

15 (17%)

11.8 (12.6)

 

D

17 (20%)

20.7 (16.0)

 

Injury level

Cervical

13 (15%)

12.0 (8.3)

0.35

Thoracic

64 (74%)

16.8 (12.0)

 

Lumbar***

9 (10%)

13.0 (12.4)

 

Length of stay, rehabilitation

0.31

<127

22 (25%)

19.6 (12.6)

 

127-210

23 (26%)

15.7 (11.1)

 

211-290

21 (24%)

15.4 (10.7)

 

>290

22 (25%)

12.5 (12.1)

 

Duration of stay of readmission, mean (SD)

236 (137)

15.5 (11.7)

0.36

Time from Injury to hospital admission

<0.01

<6 months

28 (31%)

22.8 (13.2)

 

>6 months

61 (69%)

12.0 (9.1)

 

Time from hospital admission to admission to rehabilitation

0.92

<6 months

59 (67%)

15.1 (10.8)

 

>6 months

29 (33%)

15.3 (12.5)

 

Time from Injury to admission to rehabilitation

  

<0.01

<6 months

8 (9%)

30.8 (14.5)

 

>6 months

79 (91%)

13.5 (9.6)

 

Family or friend support during care

0.92

Yes

36 (40%)

15.3 (9.9)

 

No

53 (60%)

15.6 (12.8)

 
  1. *Difference in SCIM score between admission and discharge.
  2. **To identify all possible variables associated with SCIM-score improvement, all variables analyzed using one-way ANOVA analyses.
  3. ***Includes one patient with a sacral injury.