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Table 3 Multiple Logistic Regression Analyses of Poor Outcomes Following Minor Injury

From: Short‐term outcomes in children following emergency department visits for minor injuries sustained at home

 

Outcome Variable 1:

7+ days of pain ( N =98)

Outcome Variable 2:

7+ days of abnormal activity ( N =102)

Covariates

AOR

95% CI

p -value

AOR

95% CI

p -value

Injury Type

  

0.041*, **

  

0.030*, **

 Soft Tissue

REF

REF

 

REF

REF

 

 Fracture/Sprain

1.58

0.22-11.27

0.650

1.31

0.21-8.04

0.771

 Minor Head Injury

N/A

N/A

N/A

1.91

0.36-10.01

0.443

 Burn

6.97

1.53-31.83

0.012*

8.01

2.03-31.65

0.003*

Sex (Male=REF)

2.48

0.62-9.77

0.195

1.71

0.58-5.07

0.334

Child Age (years)

1.42

0.98-2.09

0.064

1.34

0.98-1.83

0.064

Parent Race

  

0.813**

  

0.777**

 Black

REF

REF

 

REF

REF

 

 White

1.98

0.24-15.72

0.520

1.25

0.26-6.02

0.777

 Other

1.22

0.05-28.94

0.903

N/A

N/A

N/A

Poverty

  

0.620**

  

0.720**

 Above FPLa

REF

REF

 

REF

REF

 

 Below FPL

2.23

0.39-12.78

0.366

0.60

0.17-2.13

0.428

 I Don’t Know

2.62

0.22-31.18

0.444

0.85

0.12-6.22

0.871

Substandard Housing

 No

REF

REF

 

REF

REF

 

 Yes

0.89

0.15-5.27

0.898

1.69

0.34-8.35

0.518

 

Outcome Variable 3: 5+ school days missed ( N =79)

Outcome Variable 4:

7+ days disrupted family activity

( N =101)

Covariates

AOR

95% CI

p -value

AOR

95% CI

p -value

Injury Type

  

0.118**

  

0.584**

 Soft Tissue

REF

REF

 

REF

REF

 

 Fracture/Sprain

N/A

N/A

N/A

1.05

0.17-6.67

0.956

 Minor Head Injury

2.78

0.19-40.06

0.454

1.13

0.18-7.07

0.895

 Burn

8.71

1.11-68.05

0.039*

2.62

0.66-10.42

0.173

Sex (Male=REF)

0.88

0.12-6.48

0.901

2.22

0.71-6.92

0.168

Child Age (years)

1.46

0.85-2.49

0.172

1.30

0.95-1.79

0.101

Parent Race

  

0.847**

  

0.790**

 Black

REF

REF

 

REF

REF

 

 White

1.31

0.08-21.25

0.778

1.26

0.23-6.96

0.790

 Other

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Poverty

  

0.778**

  

0.684**

 Above FPLa

REF

REF

 

REF

REF

 

 Below FPL

1.31

0.19-9.02

0.778

1.54

0.40-5.90

0.529

 I Don’t Know

N/A

N/A

N/A

0.69

0.06-7.86

0.767

Substandard Housing

 No

REF

REF

 

REF

REF

 

 Yes

N/A

N/A

N/A

0.61

0.14-2.71

0.515

 

Outcome Variable 5:

5+ days of missed work ( N =99)

 

Covariates

AOR

95% CI

p -value

 

Injury Type

  

0.050**

 

 Soft Tissue

REF

REF

  

 Fracture/Sprain

2.05

0.14-28.69

0.595

 

 Minor Head Injury

2.58

0.16-41.52

0.503

 

 Burn

14.97

2.13-105.01

0.006*

 

Sex (Male=REF)

1.42

0.27-7.51

0.680

 

Child Age (years)

1.29

0.83-2.01

0.252

 

Parent Race

  

0.640**

 

 Black

REF

REF

  

 White

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

 Other

2.05

0.10-41.26

0.640

 

Poverty

  

0.704**

 

 Above FPLa

REF

REF

  

 Below FPL

2.16

0.28-16.69

0.461

 

 I Don’t Know

0.97

0.04-23.79

0.986

 

Substandard Housing

 No

REF

REF

  

 Yes

1.12

0.12-10.41

0.918

 
  1. AOR Adjusted odds ration; CI confidence interval; REF reference. Note that “N/A” indicates that no poor outcomes occurred in that variable.
  2. a FPL = Federal Poverty Level
  3. * Denotes significant p-value (< 0.05)
  4. ** Represents overall p-value for covariate
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Injury Epidemiology

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