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Table 5 Association of pain scores, number of injuries, and number of procedures with hospital length of stay (LOS) among patients who were treated at UC San Diego from 2013–2019 after sustaining musculoskeletal injuries at the US–Mexico border

From: Musculoskeletal injuries sustained at the California, USA: Baja California, Mexico border

 

Pain and LOS

POD1 Pain and LOS

No. injuries and LOS

No. procedures and LOS

 

B (SD)

p-value

B (SD)

p-value

B (SD)

p-value

B (SD)

p-value

All

Unadjusted

0.57 (0.32)

0.08

0.96 (0.76)

0.21

Age and gender adjusted

0.52 (0.32)

0.11

1.04 (0.75)

0.17

Operative

Unadjusted

0.74 (0.44)

0.09

0.65 (0.37)

0.08

−0.18 (0.90)

0.85

5.20 (0.47)

 < 0.001

Age and gender adjusted

0.62 (0.44)

0.16

0.60 (0.38)

0.11

−0.01 (0.90)

0.99

5.16 (0.47)

 < 0.001

Lower extremity

Unadjusted

0.51 (0.52)

0.33

0.79 (0.45)

0.08

−0.25 (1.04)

0.81

5.21 (0.51)

 < 0.001

Age and gender adjusted

0.41 (0.52)

0.44

0.74 (0.45)

0.10

−0.13 (1.05)

0.90

5.17 (0.51)

 < 0.001

Upper extremity

Unadjusted

0.54 (0.84)

0.53

0.17 (0.49)

0.74

2.71 (1.50)

0.09

6.13 (1.62)

 < 0.001

Age and gender adjusted

0.30 (0.79)

0.72

0.31 (0.51)

0.49

1.40 (1.76)

0.44

7.71 (2.40)

0.01

  1. Bold values indicate statistical significance
  2. Statistical significance at p < 0.05. POD1 = Postoperative Day 1