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Table 3 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients

From: Psychometric properties of the psychosocial screening instrument for physical trauma patients (PSIT)

 

Total group (n = 364)

Test-retest group (n = 128)

 

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Age at time of injury (years)

62.7 ± 17.3

64.4 ± 15.0

ISS

7.5 ± 6.5

8.5 ± 7.1

Time since injury (months)

7.9 ± 3.6

7.3 ± 3.7

Time between baseline and retest (days)

 

19.5 ± 6.8

 

N (%)

N (%)

Gender

 Female

152 (41.8%)

59 (46.1%)

 Male

212 (58.2%)

69 (53.9%)

Level of education

 Low

173 (47.5%)

57 (44.5%)

 Middle

104 (28.6%)

38 (29.7%)

 High

83 (22.8%)

30 (23.4%)

Unclassified

3 (0.8%)

0 (0%)

Missing

1 (0.3%)

3 (2.4%)

Current living situation

 Alone

109 (29.9%)

36 (28.1%)

 With partner/family

255 (70.1%)

92 (71.9%)

Currently a paid job (yes)

136 (37.4%)

44 (35.4%)

Missing

1 (0.3%)

0 (0%)

ISS

 < 16

320 (87.9%)

107 (83.6%)

 ≥ 16

41 (11.3%)

21 (16.4%)

 Missing

3 (0.8%)

0 (0%)

Injury cause

 Falls

193 (53.0%)

65 (50.8%)

 Road traffic injury

108 (29.7%)

41 (32%)

 Work-related

24 (6.6%)

5 (3.9%)

 Sports-related

26 (7.1%)

8 (6.3%)

 Violence

5 (1.4%)

1 (0.8%)

 Intentional injury

3 (0.8%)

0 (0%)

 Other

1 (0.3%)

1 (0.8%)

 Missing

4 (1.1%)

7 (5.5%)

Injury mechanism

 Blunt

358 (98.4%)

125 (97.7%)

 Penetrating

6 (1.6%)

3 (2.3%)

ICU admission (yes)

61 (16.8%)

24 (18.8%)

Pre-injury psychological problems (yes)

52 (14.3%)

15 (11.7%)

Pre-injury psychological treatment (yes)

51 (14.0%)

13 (10.2%)

Current psychological treatment (yes)

54 (14.8%)

23 (18%)

  1. Abbreviations ISS Injury Severity Score, ICU Intensive Care Unit