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Table 2 Sri Lankan spinal cord injury rehabilitation cohort outcome indicators: SCIM scores and complications

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

 

On admission

At discharge

Fully adjusted p-value*

SCIM score - mean, SD; n = 84

55 (18)

71 (19)

<0.01

Complications

On admission/during stay

On follow up

 

Resolved

Persistent**

New***

Unadjusted p-value

Pressure ulcers- N (%); n = 51

29 (57%)

21 (41%)

8 (16%)

3 (6%)

<0.01

Urinary tract infection- N (%); n = 51, n = 49†

23 (45%)

18 (37%)

4 (8%)

1 (2%)

<0.01

Bowel problems- N (%); n = 50

34 (68%)

28 (56%)

6 (12%)

0 (0%)

<0.01

Pain- N (%); n = 51

38 (75%)

8 (16%)

30 (59%)

2 (4%)

0.92

Psychological problems- N (%); n = 25, n = 24†

23 (92%)

15 (63%)

7 (29%)

2 (8%)

0.86

  1. *Based on ANCOVA analyses and adjusted for variables associated with a significant SCIM-score improvement, and all potentially relevant confounders: age, sex, number of days in rehabilitation, ASIA score, time from injury to hospital admission, time from injury to rehabilitation, and injury level.
  2. **Persistent refers to those who had a complication during stay and continued to have the complication after discharge.
  3. ***New refers to those who did not have the complication during stay, but developed it after returning home.
  4. †Number of patients on follow-up, if different.
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