General rehabilitation units (n = 102) | Specialist brain injury units (n = 166) | Total (n = 268) | p value | |
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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%) |