Behavioural Neurology / 2015 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Life after Adolescent and Adult Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Self-Reported Executive, Emotional, and Behavioural Function 2–5 Years after Injury Table 2 Description of participants: demographics, injury severity characteristics, and clinical observations at 1 and 2–5 years after moderate and severe TBI: global outcome and employment.
Variable Persons with TBI Controls valueDemographics at injury Male sex ( , %) 67 48 (72) 72 55 (76) 0.593 Age (mean, range) 67 29 (15–63) Injury-related variables Mechanisms of injury 67 Traffic accident ( , %) 33 (49) Fall ( , %) 27 (40) Ski accident ( , %) 2 (3) Other ( , %) 5 (9) GCS score (median, IQR) 67 9 (7) HISS grade; moderate TBI ( , %) 67 39 (58) PTA <1 week ( , %) 66 37 (55) Early MRI findings 65 EDH only ( , %) 1 (2) Pure TAI ( , %) 17 (25) Cortical contusions ( , %) 16 (24) Cortical contusions/TAI ( , %) 30 (45) Global outcome 12 months after injury GOSE score (median, IQR) 66 7.0 (2) Demographics at follow-up Age (mean, range) 67 32 (17–65) 72 33 (13) 0.683† Years after injury (mean, SD) 67 2.9 0.8 Years education (mean, range) 67 12 (9–18) 72 12 (2) 0.979† Occupation 67 72 0.025‡ Unemployed/no school ( , %) 12 (18) 4 (6) Employed or at school ( , %) 55 (82) 68 (94)
GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale; GOSE: Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended; IQR: interquartile range; PTA: posttraumatic amnesia; SD: standard deviation; TAI: traumatic axonal injury; TBI: Traumatic Brain Injury. Pearson’s Chi-squared test. Independent samples t -test. Unconditional -pooled test.