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Table 1 Characteristics of the 120 patients who were eligible for enrollment by their consent to participate and by retention

From: Routine versus ad hoc screening for acute stress following injury: who would benefit and what are the opportunities for prevention

Variable

Consenters (n = 91)

Non-consenters (n = 29)

p value

Partial/full participation (n = 63)

Lost to follow-up (n = 28)

p value

Socio-demographics

      

Mean (SD) age (years)

45 (19)

37 (16)

0.05

45 (18)

45 (19)

0.87

Male

63 (69)

21 (84)

0.23

45 (72)

18 (62)

0.44

Having no high school diploma

11 (12)

6 (10)

5 (18)

0.45

Unememployed at time of injury

15 (16)

9 (14)

6 (21)

0.66

Currently living alone

27 (30)

13 (21)

14 (48)

0.02

Living in rented housing

61 (67)

39 (63)

22 (76)

0.32

Health status

      

Treated for anxiety or depression in the last year

17 (19)

12 (20)

5 (17)

1.00

Scored positive for ASD

22 (24)

13 (21)

9 (31)

0.43

Scored positive for SASD

34 (37)

21 (34)

13 (45)

0.44

Injury-related

      

Positive blood alcohol (BAC) result

13 (16)

1 (29)

0.28

8 (15)

5 (20)

0.80

Positive toxicology result

9 (11)

9 (37)

0.01

6 (11)

3 (12)

1.00

Mean (SD) injury severity score (ISS)

22 (13)

22 (10)

0.98

23 (13)

20 (12)

0.33

Intentional injury

14 (17)

4 (17)

1.00

4 (7)

10 (37)

< 0.001

  1. Values reported are counts (% of group total) unless otherwise stated.