Table 1 Demographic and injury characteristics of the 111 study mentees with spinal cord injury (SCI).
Demographics and injury characteristics | Mentees with SCI (n = 111) |
|---|---|
Sex (n, %) | |
Male | 72 (64.9%) |
Female | 39 (35.1%) |
Age (median years; IQR) | 43; 26 |
16–30 | 32 (28.8%) |
31–45 | 25 (22.5%) |
46–60 | 40 (36.0%) |
61–75 | 13 (11.7%) |
76+ | 1 (0.9%) |
Marital status (n, %) | |
Single | 38 (34.2%) |
Married | 36 (32.4%) |
Cohabiting or in a partnership | 26 (23.4%) |
Separated or divorced | 9 (8.1%) |
Widowed | 2 (1.8%) |
Education (n, %) | |
Basic (1–9 years) | 10 (9.0%) |
Secondary (10–12 years) | 39 (35.1%) |
Post-secondary | 23 (20.7%) |
Bachelor | 14 (12.6%) |
Post-graduate | 25 (22.5%) |
Employment status (n, %) | |
Employed | 39 (35.1%) |
Employed, currently on sick leavea | 16 (14.4%) |
Unemployed | 5 (4.5%) |
Student | 21 (18.9%) |
Retired due to health condition | 32 (28.8%) |
Retired due to age | 6 (5.4%) |
Missing | 11 (9.9%) |
Monthly household income (n, %) | |
<20,000 SEKb | 32 (29.6%) |
20,000–30,999 SEKc | 22 (20.4%) |
31,000–42,999 SEKd | 26 (24.0%) |
≥43,000e | 28 (16.0%) |
Level and completion of SCI (n, %) | |
Complete Paraplegia | 24 (21.6%) |
Incomplete Paraplegia | 33 (29.7%) |
Complete Tetraplegia | 24 (21.6%) |
Incomplete Tetraplegia | 29 (26.1%) |
Missing | 1 (0.9%) |
Cause of traumatic SCI (n, %) | 92 (85.2%) |
Sport | 19 (20.7%) |
Recreation | 20 (21.7%) |
Work related | 8 (8.7%) |
Traffic accident | 24 (26.1%) |
Assault | 4 (4.3%) |
Fall <1 m | 3 (3.3%) |
Fall >1 m | 12 (13.0%) |
Other | 2 (2.2%) |
Cause of non-traumatic SCI (n, % of NTSCI) | 16 (14.8%) |
Tumour benign | 1 (7.7%) |
Vascular disorders | 4 (30.8%) |
Infection | 2 (15.4%) |
Other | 6 (46.2%) |
Missing | 3 (18.8%) |
Time since injury (median years; IQR) | 1; 2 |
0–6 months | 13 (11.7%) |
7–12 months | 25 (22.5%) |
13–24 months | 28 (25.2%) |
25–60 months | 31 (27.9%) |
61+ months | 14 (12.6%) |
Previously attended programmes (n, %) | |
New mentees (0–1 previous programmes) | 69 (62.2%) |
Recurrent mentees (>1 previous programmes) | 42 (37.8%) |
Main mode of mobility | |
Manual wheelchair | 93 (83.8%) |
Power-driven wheelchair | 1 (0.9%) |
Walking aid | 6 (5.4%) |
No mobility aid | 4 (3.6%) |
Missing | 7 (6.3%) |
