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Table 3 Characteristics and outcomes between specialist brain injury units and non-specialist general rehabilitation units

From: Brain injury rehabilitation after road trauma in new South Wales, Australia – insights from a data linkage study

 

General rehabilitation units (n = 102)

Specialist brain injury units (n = 166)

Total (n = 268)

p value

Age (years) – mean (SD)

50 (± 29)

37 (± 16)

42 (± 19)

< 0.001

Age group (<  65 years)

68 (67%)

158 (95%)

226 (84%)

< 0.001

Male

65 (64%)

124 (75%)

189 (71%)

0.06

Injury severity score

- Mean (SD)

29 (± 12)

33 (± 11)

32 (± 11)

0.001

- Median (IQR)

25 (21–36)

33 (26–38)

29 (23–38)

Intensive care admission

75 (74%)

154 (93%)

229 (85%)

< 0.001

Acute length of stay (days)

- Mean (SD)

36 (± 25)

44 (± 23)

41 (± 24)

 

- Median (IQR)

29 (16–49)

40 (28–54)

36 (23–53)

0.001

Rehabilitation length of stay (days)

- Mean (SD)

41 (± 58)

88 (± 104)

70 (± 92)

 

- Median (IQR)

24 (13–43)

47 (29–104)

39 (18–80)

< 0.001

Rehabilitation interruption

5 (5%)

20 (12%)

25 (9%)

0.05

Admission total FIM – mean (SD)

75 (± 29)

59 (± 36)

65 (± 34)

< 0.001

Admission motor FIM – mean (SD)

52 (± 22)

43 (± 28)

46 (± 26)

0.002

Admission cognitive FIM – mean (SD)

22 (± 10)

16 ± (9)

19 (± 10)

0.003

Discharge total FIM

- Mean (SD)

105 (± 20)

102 (± 27)

103 (± 24)

 

- Median (IQR)

112 (101–117)

112 (99–119)

112 (100–118)

0.49

Discharge motor FIM

- Mean (SD)

77 (± 16)

77 (± 22)

77 (± 20)

 

- Median (IQR)

82 (74–86)

87 (78–90)

84 (76–90)

0.001

Discharge cognitive FIM

- Mean (SD)

28 (± 7)

25 (± 7)

26 (± 7)

 

- Median (IQR)

29 (25–33)

26 (21–30)

27 (22–31)

0.001

FIM change – mean (SD)

30 (23)

43 (32)

38 (29)

< 0.001

FIM efficiency

    

- Mean (SD)

1.2 (± 1.1)

0.8 (± 0.7)

1.0 (± 0.9)

 

- Median (IQR)

0.9 (0.6–1.5)

0.7 (0.3–1.2)

0.8 (0.4–1.3)

0.001

Known discharge destination (n = 238)

   

0.04

- Private residence

79 (90%)

111 (74%)

190 (80%)

 

- Hostel

1 (1%)

0

1 (0.5%)

 

- Nursing home

1 (1%)

0

1 (0.5%)

 

- Group home

0

8 (5%)

8 (3%)

 

- Transitional living unit

7 (8%)

31 (21%)

38 (16%)

 

Known discharge destination (n = 238)

   

0.009

- Private residence (home)

79 (90%)

111 (74%)

190 (80%)

 

- Not home

9 (10%)

39 (26%)

48 (20%)