Effects of a rehabilitation program for individuals with chronic spinal cord injury in Shanghai, China

Table 3 Linear regression analyses of determinants of functional improvement in basic life skills of individuals with chronic SCI

Independent variables	Motor score			Cognition and emotion score			Total score
Independent variables	β	t-value	p value	β	t-value	p value	β	t-value	p value
Age^a	0.06	1.16	0.25	−0.10	−1.91	0.06	0.02	0.31	0.75
Time from injury to beginning rehabilitation training	−0.06	− 1.20	0.23	0.02	0.50	0.62	−0.04	− 0.81	0.42
Sex
Male	Reference			Reference			Reference
Female	0.12	2.76	0.01	0.08	2.01	0.046	0.11	2.49	0.01
Education^a
Junior high school or below	Reference			Reference			Reference
Senior high school or higher	−0.004	−0.09	0.93	−0.03	−0.73	0.47	−0.07	−1.44	0.15
Marital status^a
Unmarried	Reference			Reference			Reference
Married	0.06	1.11	0.27	0.01	0.12	0.90	0.07	1.34	0.18
Etiology
Non-traumatic	Reference			Reference			Reference
Traumatic	−0.01	−0.29	0.78	0.05	1.21	0.23	−0.01	−0.18	0.86
Levels of injury
Cervical cord	Reference			Reference			Reference
Thoracic and Lumbosacral cord	0.23	4.97	< 0.01	−0.06	−1.40	0.16	0.22	4.33	< 0.01
Baseline score	−0.56	− 12.84	< 0.01	− 0.64	− 15.61	< 0.01	− 0.58	− 12.59	< 0.01
	Adjusted R² = 0.32 (F = 23.44; p < 0.01)			Adjusted R² = 0.37 (F = 36.32; p < 0.01)			Adjusted R² = 0.32 (F = 22.23; p < 0.01)

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