Table 2 Participant injury-related characteristics, and post-injury (baseline) psychological and health status
Characteristics | Participants (N = 1533) |
|---|---|
Injury-related factors | |
Accident type, n (%) | |
 Car (driver) | 508 (33.1) |
 Car (passenger) | 119 (7.8) |
 Motorbike | 535 (34.9) |
 Bicyclist | 258 (16.8) |
 Pedestrian | 94 (6.1) |
 Skateboard | 18 (1.2) |
Admitted to hospital, n (%)a | 752 (49.1) |
Recruitment site, n (%) | |
 Hospital (all) | 1445 (94.3) |
 Physio/GP/online/databases | 88 (5.7) |
Hospital length of stay (days), n (%)a | |
 ≤ 1 or no presentation to hospital | 1011 (65.9) |
 2–6 | 378 (24.7) |
  ≥ 7 | 143 (9.3) |
Injury Severity Score, n (%) | |
 1–3 | 795 (51.9) |
 4–8 | 575 (37.5) |
 9–11 | 102 (6.7) |
 12 +  | 61 (4.0) |
Perceived danger of death, n (%)a | |
 Overwhelming | 134 (8.7) |
 Great | 243 (15.9) |
 Moderate | 294 (19.2) |
 Small | 310 (20.2) |
 None | 526 (34.3) |
Insurance claim, n (%) | 408 (26.6) |
Post-injury psychological and physical health status | |
 IES-R ≥ 4.5/12 (elevated post-traumatic stress), n (%) | 502 (32.7) |
 DASS-21 ≥ 15/63 (probable major depressive disorder), n (%) | 454 (29.6) |
 Pain severity (NRS), mean (SD) | 4.2 (2.6) |
 OMPSQ-SF ≥ 50/100 (high risk), n (%) | 386 (25.2) |
 PCS (high ≥ 30/52), n (%) | 230 (15.0) |