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Table 1 Demographic data and results of statistical analysis of the two groups

From: Mental health history—a contributing factor for poorer outcomes in burn survivors

Variables

Mental health group

Control group

Significance level

Gender

 Male

15

39

 

 Female

9

6

 

Age (mean, SD)

35.42 (10.38)

30.60 (9.78)

0.067

TBSA (mean, SD)

31.06 (9.66)

30.89 (11.48)

0.578

Length of stay (mean, SD)

45.83 (33.26)

27.24 (21.88)

0.001**

Stay per %TBSA (mean, SD)

1.47 (1.00)

0.88 (0.44)

0.001**

Time first mobilise

  

0.131

 25th percentile

3

2

 

 Median

5

4

 

 75th percentile

11

7

 

Days indep. mobilise

  

0.097

 25th percentile

8

10

 

 Median

19

14

 

 75th percentile

31

19.5

 

Days indep. ADL

  

0.035*

 25th percentile

20.5

15.25

 

 Median

25.0

20.0

 

 75th percentile

43.5

27.5

 

No. of graft (mean, SD)

0.83 (0.38)

0.80 (0.41)

0.738

No. of re-graft (mean, SD)

0.55 (0.51)

0.25 (0.44)

0.021*

  1. *p <0.05 and **p <0.01
  2. TBSA total body surface area, SD standard deviation, ADL activities of daily living