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Table 1 Demographic and social data of 368 individuals after TBI

From: Subjective impact of traumatic brain injury on long-term outcome at a minimum of 10 years after trauma– first results of a survey on 368 patients from a single academic trauma center in Germany

 

Mild TBI

Moderate TBI

Severe TBI

p-value

Number of patients

229

85

54

-

Age at time of injury (years)

    

Mean ± standard deviation

23.7 ± 16.6

29.0 ± 20.9

22.5 ± 16.4

0.038

Range (minimum - maximum)

1.0 - 66.0

1.0 - 76.0

1.0 - 60.0

 

median

20.0

28.0

19.0

 

Age at time of reexamination (years)

    

Mean ± standard deviation

44.2 ± 16.9

43.4 ± 20.08

26.5 ± 16.5

0.018

Range (minimum - maximum)

12.0 - 87.0

11.0 - 87.0

12.0 - 76.0

 

median

41.0

42.0

34.5

 

Time to reexamination (years)

    

Mean ± standard deviation

20.3 ± 6.5

14.2 ± 4.1

14.0 ± 3.9

<0.001

Number of patients <18 years

101

33

26

0.531

(%)

(44.1%)

(38.8%)

(48.1%)

 

Gender distribution (♂: ♀)

129: 100

57: 28

40: 14

0.026

Injury Severity (ISS)

-

14.8 ± 7.5

21.4 ± 7.1

<0.001

New Injury Severity (NISS)

-

24.3 ± 12.3

36.3 ± 14.8

<0.001

Marital status at follow-up

    

  - Single

40.7%

42.2%

64.8%

0.010

 - Married or cohabitant

51.0%

50.6%

24.1%

 

 - Divorced

8.3%

7.2%

11.1%

 

Housing situation before TBI

    

 - in rented accommodation

51.2%

46.8%

38.5%

0.249

Housing situation at follow-up

    

 - in rented accommodation

50.2%

42.0%

38.5%

0.205

 - confinement in bed

0.0%

0.0%

5.6%

<0.001

  1. ♂Male.
  2. ♀Female.