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Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of community living individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury

From: Views of people with traumatic spinal cord injury about the components of self-management programs and program delivery: a Canadian pilot study

Characteristic

N= 99

n (%)

Age-Mean, (s.d.), range, median

50.5, (12.1), 55, 52

Sex

 

Male

74 (74.7)

Female

25 (25.3)

Relationship status

 

Married

48 (48.5)

Living with a common-law

6 (6.1)

Widowed/Separated/Divorced

20 (20.2)

Single, never married

25 (25.3)

Education

 

Less than high school

11 (11.1)

High school

25 (25.3)

Trade certificate/College/University certificate or diploma

32 (32.3)

Bachelor’s degree

21 (21.2)

Degree above the Bachelor’s degree

10 (10.1)

Current province*

 

Ontario

34 (34.3)

British Columbia

21 (21.2)

Alberta

16 (16.2)

Other

28 (28.3)

Have children

 

Yes

60 (60.6)

No

39 (39.4)

Primary caregiver

 

Spouse

26 (26.3)

Attendant

23 (23.2)

No primary caregiver

39 (39.4)

Other

11 (11.1)

Home setting

 

Home without health services

58 (58.6)

Home with health services

17 (17.2)

Apartment without health services

15 (15.2)

Other

9 (9.1)

Level of injury

 

Quadriplegia

38 (38.4)

Paraplegia

49 (49.5)

Don’t know

12 (12.1)

Time since injury**-Mean, (s.d.), range, median

17.5, (12.3), 54, 16

Etiology

 

Sport

19 (19.2)

Fall

15 (15.2)

Transport or motor vehicle collision

50 (50.5)

Other

15 (15.2)

Brain injury

 

Yes

7 (7.1)

No

88 (88.9)

Don’t know

4 (4.0)

  1. *Representative was achieved from 11 of the 13 provinces and territories in Canada.
  2. **Based on 95 participants.