Characteristics | All patients 2075 | Mild TBI (GCS 13–15)† 1609 | Moderate and severe TBI (GCS 3–12)† 466 | |
P value‡ | ||||
Social support 6-month post-injury* | ||||
Satisfaction with social support, N (%) | >0.05 | |||
Low | 265 (13) | 219 (14) | 46 (10) | |
High | 1755 (85) | 1347 (84) | 408 (88) | |
Missing | 55 (3) | 43 (3) | 12 (3) | |
Satisfaction with social support from hospital and health services, N (%) | <0.05 | |||
Low | 202 (10) | 172 (11) | 30 (6) | |
High | 1800 (87) | 1386 (86) | 414 (89) | |
Missing | 73 (4) | 51 (3) | 22 (5) | |
Satisfaction with social support from rehabilitation services, N (%) | <0.001 | |||
Low | 404 (20) | 322 (20) | 82 (18) | |
High | 1473 (71) | 1108 (69) | 365 (78) | |
Missing | 198 (10) | 179 (11) | 19 (4) | |
Type of rehabilitation services received, N (%) | <0.001 | |||
No rehabilitation | 1290 (64) | 1194 (76) | 96 (21) | |
In-patient/residential | 408 (20) | 150 (10) | 258 (57) | |
Outpatient/community | 234 (16) | 221 (14) | 98 (22) | |
Six-month functional outcome | ||||
Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended 6-month post-injury | <0.001 | |||
Lower severe disability | 77 (4) | 35 (2) | 42 (9) | |
Upper severe disability | 109 (5) | 58 (4) | 51 (11) | |
Lower moderate disability | 225 (11) | 116 (7) | 109 (23) | |
Upper moderate disability | 303 (15) | 203 (13) | 100 (22) | |
Lower good recovery | 491 (24) | 417 (26) | 74 (16) | |
Upper good recovery | 870 (42) | 780 (49) | 90 (19) |
Statistics are for the difference between mild and moderate/ severe subgroups.
*Satisfaction with social support in general, from hospital and health services and from rehabilitation services were assessed 6-month post-injury. The response categories ‘not at all’, ‘slightly’ and ‘moderately’ were classified as ‘low’ satisfaction with social support, and the response categories ‘quite’, and ‘very’ were classified as ‘high’ satisfaction with social support.
†Initial injury severity was assessed with the GCS. TBI was considered mild in patients with GCS 13-15, moderate in patients with GCS 9-12, and severe in patients with GCS of 3-8.
GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; TBI, traumatic brain injury.