Table 1 Socio-demographic and spinal cord injury related patient characteristics (N = 243)
From: Cross-cultural validity of four quality of life scales in persons with spinal cord injury
Variable | Descriptive statistics |
|---|---|
Socio-demographic characteristics | Â |
   Years of age |  |
mean (SD) | 41.4 (13.6) |
   Gender |  |
% male | 79.4 |
   Marital status |  |
% never married | 41.6 |
% currently married or cohabiting | 39.9 |
% separated, divorced, widowed | 18.0 |
   Years of education |  |
mean (SD) | 13.0 (4.0) |
   Current occupational situation |  |
% paid work, self-employed | 33.7 |
% unemployed for health reasons | 33.3 |
% retired | 11.5 |
% other (student, house-maker, etc.) | 21.5 |
Spinal cord injury characteristics | Â |
   Etiology |  |
% sport | 9.1 |
% assault | 6.2 |
% transport | 35.0 |
% fall | 11.9 |
% other traumatic | 20.6 |
% non-traumatic | 7.0 |
% unspecified | 10.3 |
   Level of injury |  |
% paraplegia | 45.7 |
   Completeness of injury |  |
% complete (A) | 47.7 |
% incomplete (B-D) | 43.6 |
% unspecified | 8.6 |
   Time since onset in months |  |
mean (SD) | 139.6 (138.8) |
median (IQR) | 86.1 (175.1) |