Research Article
Prescribing Multiple Neurostimulants during Rehabilitation for Severe Brain Injury
Table 1
Summary of sample characteristics.
| | | Total sample
( = 115) | One neurostimulant
( = 31) | Multiple neurostimulants
( = 84) |
| Age
(years, mean ± stdev) | 36.7 ± 16.3 | 35.4 ± 12.9 | 37.2 ± 17.5 |
| | Gender | Male: 66% (76/115) | Male: 81% (25/31) | Male: 61% (51/84) | | Female: 34% (39/115) | Female: 19% (6/31) | Female: 39% (33/84) |
| | Ethnicity | | | | | (i) Caucasian | 75% (86/115) | 81% (25/31) | 73% (61/84) | | (ii) African American | 10% (12/115) | 6% (2/31) | 12% (10/84) | | (iii) Asian | 3% (4/115) | 6% (2/31) | 2% (2/84) | | (iv) Hispanic | 6% (7/115) | 0% (0/31) | 8% (7/84) | | (v) Arabic | 2% (2/115) | 3% (1/31) | 1% (1/84) | | (vi) Israeli | 1% (1/115) | 0% (0/31) | 1% (1/84) | | (vii) Serbian | 1% (1/115) | 3% (1/31) | 0% (0/84) | | (viii) Unknown | 2% (2/115) | 0% (0/31) | 2% (2/84) |
| | Etiology | | | | | (i) Closed head injury | 57% (66/115) | 55% (17/31) | 59% (49/84) | | (ii) Open head injury | 17% (4/115) | 9% (3/31) | 1% (1/84) | | (iii) Anoxic | 20% (23/115) | 16% (5/31) | 21% (18/84) | | (iv) Hemorrhagic | 5% (6/115) | 6% (2/31) | 5% (4/84) | | (v) Aneurysm | 3% (3/115) | 3% (1/31) | 2% (2/84) | | (vi) Blast trauma | 3% (3/115) | 3% (1/31) | 2% (2/84) | | (vii) Other | 9% (10/115) | 6% (2/31) | 10% (8/84) |
| Days between injury and rehabilitation
(days, mean ± stdev) | 65 ± 75 | 71 ± 47 | 63 ± 83 |
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Percentages represent the valid percent, for which the denominator is the total sample minus the missing participant cases for each specific variable.
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