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Table 1 Participant sociodemographic, injury and discharge characteristics

From: The influence of personal factors, unmet need and service obstacles on the relationship between health service use and outcome after brain injury

Variable

n = 41

Age (years), median (IQR)

46 (27–59)

Gender

 Male

71%

 Female

29%

Marital Status

 Married/de facto

46%

 Divorced/separated

17%

 Never married

37%

Employment status at the time of injury

 Employed (part- or full-time)

68%

 Unemployed

10%

 Student

7%

 Not in labor force (home duties/child at home)

7%

 Retired

7%

Length of hospital stay, median (IQR) days a

47 (30–72)

Injury type

 Non-traumatic

39%

 Traumatic—severe b

61%

Comorbidities

 None

27%

 Number of comorbidities if present, median (IQR)

2 (1–4)

Funding support c

 No

39%

 Yes—National injury insurance funded support

32%

 Yes—Other government funded support

22%

 Missing

7%

Place of residence at discharge

 Private residence

85%

 Interim destination (transitional living unit)

5%

 Discharge/transfer to other hospital or rehabilitation facility

10%

SEIFA state IRSAD d

6 (3–9)

Functional Independence Measure at discharge, median (IQR)

 Motor subscale (13–91)

90 (80–91)

 Cognitive subscale (5–35)

26 (22–29)

 Total (18–126)

114 (106–119)

  1. Percentages may not sum exactly to 100 due to rounding. IQR Interquartile range, IRSAD Index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage, SEIFA Socio-economic indexes for areas
  2. aLength of stay calculated from admission to discharge from the rehabilitation unit
  3. bAll traumatic injuries were classified as severe
  4. cParticipants entitled to receive health services under a government funded program
  5. dIndex of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) scores (state decile). Higher scores indicate an area with a relatively high incidence of advantage and a relatively low incidence of disadvantage