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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: First contact of care for persons with spinal cord injury: a general practitioner or a spinal cord injury specialist?

Variable

Value

(N = 1095)

Males, n (%)

787 (72)

Age groups, n (%)

 16–29 years

48 (4)

 30–44 years

204 (19)

 45–59 years

376 (34)

 60–74 years

358 (33)

 ≥75 years

109 (10)

Marrieda, n (%)

590 (54)

Informal caregiverb, n (%)

498 (46)

Born in Switzerland, n (%)

909 (83)

Years of education, n (%)

 Less than 10 years

65 (6)

 10–12 years

206 (20)

 13–15 years

438 (42)

 ≥16 years

342 (32)

Employed, n (%)

510 (47)

Subjective social statusc, n (%)

 Low (rungs 1–3)

144 (14)

 Middle (rungs 4–7)

738 (70)

 High (rungs 8–10)

166 (16)

Language, n (%)

 German

769 (70)

 French

279 (26)

 Italian

47 (4)

Travel distance to health-care provider

 ≤25 min travel distance to personal GPd, n (%)

913 (86)

 ≤25 min travel distance to nearest SCI centred, n (%)

334 (31)

Time since SCI in years, median (Q1–Q3)

15.7 (7.8–27.2)

Tetraplegia, n (%)

324 (30)

Complete injury, n (%)

361 (33)

 Missing

120 (11)

Traumatic SCI, n (%)

872 (80)

  1. SCI Spinal cord injury, Q1–Q3 1st to 3rd quartile
  2. The number of missing observations is less than 5% for all characteristics, unless indicated otherwise
  3. aMarried denotes those reporting being married or in a registered partnership
  4. b Informal caregiver is a family member or friend who provides unpaid care
  5. c SSS is the subjective social status based on MacArthur Scale classification
  6. dTravel distance is the distance by motor vehicle