SF-36 domain Admission Mean (sd) 95%CI Discharge Mean (sd) 95%CI 6 months Mean (sd) 95%CI
Physical function 22.2 (17) 19-26 32.2 (17) 28-36 31.3 (24) 33-52
Role limit-physical 32.7 (38) 24-41  35.2 (38) 27-44 42.5 (41) 33-52
Bodily pain 61.6 (28) 56-68 61.4 (26) 56-67 62.0 (26) 56-68
General health 67.9 (20) 64-72 69.2 (18) 65-73 61.4 (23) 56-67
Vitality 49.8 (19) 46-54 56.2 (17) 52-60 53.5 (19) 49-58
Social function 61.1 (32) 54-68 69.5 (26) 64-75 68.7 (25) 63-75
Role limit-emotion 73.5 (40) 65-82 76.7 (36) 69-84 63.0 (42) 53-73
Mental health 72.9 (20) 69-77 78.3 (17) 74-82 73.9 (17) 70-78
Table 3: Descriptive statistics for the SF-36 domains for the SCI sample at admission (N=87), just before discharge (N=82) and 6 months after discharge (N=71).