Total (N=264)
Mothers (N=124)
Mothers (N=124)
Mothers (N=124)
Children before SCI (N=52)
Children after SCI (N=64)
Children before and after SCI (N=8) No children (N=140)
Language of the questionnaire (N (%)) (Missing, N = 3)
German 189 (72) 38 (20) 52 (27) 5 (3) 94 (50)
French 66 (25) 13 (20) 10 (15) 3 (5) 40 (60)
Italian 9 (3) 1 (11) 2 (22) - 6 (67)
Country born (N (%)) (Missing, N = 2)
Foreigner 44 (17) 11 (25) 10 (23) 4 (9) 19 (43)
Swiss 218 (83) 40 (18) 53 (24) 4 (2) 121 (56)
Woman’s education (years) (Median, (Q1-Q3)) (Missing, N = 12) 13 (12-17) 13 (10-14) 13 (12-16) 15 (13-17) 14 (12-17)
Woman’s education (N (%)) (Missing, N = 12)
0- 8 years 8 (3) 5 (62) - - 3 (38)
9- 12 years 73 (29) 18 (25) 21 (29) 2 (3) 32 (43)
13- 15 years 91 (36) 15 (17) 24 (27) 3 (3) 49 (53)
more 15 years 80 (32) 9 (11) 16 (20) 3 (4) 52 (65)
Aetiology (N (%)) (Missing, N = 3)
Traumatic 207 (79) 37 (18) 55 (27) 7 (3) 108 (52)
Traumatic SCI cause:
Sport accident 39 (15) 3 (8) 11 (28) 2 (5) 23 (59)
Accident at leisure activities 38 (14) 6 (16) 13 (34) - 19 (50)
Work accident 10 (4) 4 (40) 2 (20) - 4 (40)
Traffic accident 87 (33) 14 (16) 23 (26) 4 (5) 46 (53)
Assault 10 (4) - 3 (30) - 7 (70)
Fall from less than 1m 6 (2) 2 (33) 2 (33) - 2 (33)
Fall from more than 1m 56 (21) 13 (23) 14 (25) 3 (5) 26 (47)
Surgical / medical complication 6 (2) 2 (33) 1 (17) - 3 (50)
Other cause 5 (2) - - - 5 (100)
Nontraumatic 54 (21) 15 (28) 8 (15) - 31 (57)
Nontraumatic SCI cause
Vertebral column degenerative disorder
17 (6)
5 (29)
2 (12)
-
10 (59)
Tumour – benign 19 (7) 7 (37) 4 (21) - 8 (42)
Tumour - malign (cancer) 3 (1) 1 (33) - - 2 (67)
Vascular disorder 11 (4) 4 (36) 1 (9) - 6 (55)
Infection 8 (3) 1 (12) 1 (12) - 6 (75)
Other disease 5 (2) 2 (40) - - 3 (60)
SCI severity (N (%)) (Missing, N = 18)
Paraplegia complete 77 (31.3) 11 (14) 22 (29) 1 (1) 43 (56)
Paraplegia incomplete 106 (43.1) 6 (29) 3 (14) - 12 (57)
Tetraplegia complete 21 (8.5) 27 (25) 26 (25) 5 (5) 48 (45)
Tetraplegia incomplete 42 (17.1) 3 (7) 9 (21) 2 (5) 28 (67)