Table 1 Descriptive statistics of demographic and injury information for flap surgery participants.

Age at admission (years)

61

52.1 (13.4)

27–74

Sex

61

 Male

54

88.5

 Female

7

11.5

Marital Status

61

 Married/Partnered

18

29.5

 Single/Divorced/Widowed

43

70.5

Geographical Location^a

61

 Major City

40

65.6

 Regional

20

32.8

 Remote

1

1.6

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander

61

6

9.8

Pre-admission Employment (per admission)

64

 Employed/study

8

12.5

 Unemployed/on leave

49

76.6

 Retired

7

10.9

 Missing data

1

Number of admissions

61

65

1.0 (1.0–1.0)^†

1–3

 1

58

95.1

 2

2

3.3

 3

1

1.6

Time from injury to surgery (years)

82

22.6 (13.5)

2–48

 Missing data

2

SCI Cause

61

 Trauma

50

82.0

 Non-trauma

11

18.0

Type of SCI/D^b

61

 Paraplegia Complete (A)

27

44.3

 Paraplegia Incomplete (B-D)

7

11.5

 Tetraplegia Complete (A)

14

23.0

 Tetraplegia Incomplete (B-D)

9

14.8

 Spina Bifida

4

6.6

Number of PIs^c (per admission)

65

1.0 (1.0–2.5)^†

1–6

 1

33

50.8

 2

16

24.6

 3

10

15.4

 4–6

6

9.2

PI location

120

 Ischial Tuberosity (incl. perineum)

58

48.3

 Greater Trochanter

20

16.7

 Sacrum (incl. coccygeal)

20

16.7

 Foot (incl. ankle, malleolus, heel, toe, calcaneal)

20

16.7

 Other (i.e., perianal, elbow)

2

1.7

 Missing data

1

PI stage

112

 1

6

5.4

 2

10

8.9

 3

11

9.8

 4

67

59.8

 Unstageable

13

11.6

 Healed

3

2.7

 SDTI^d

2

1.8

 Missing

9

PI size (cm²)

71

4.0 (2.0–16.0)^†

0.20–400

 Missing data

20

Osteomyelitis

65

8

12.3