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Table 1 Sociodemographic and injury-related characteristics according to discharge destination

From: Factors associated with discharge destination from acute care after moderate-to-severe traumatic injuries in Norway: a prospective population-based study

Characteristic

Overall n (Col%)

Home n (Col%, Row%)

Local hospital n (Col%, Row%)

Specialized rehabilitation n (Col%, Row%)

p-value

Total

601 (100)

211 (100, 35.1)

256 (100, 42.6)

134 (100, 22.3)

 

Sex

 Male

451 (75.0)

162 (76.8, 35.9)

188 (73.4, 41.7)

101 (75.4, 22.4)

0.705

 Female

150 (25.0)

49 (23.2, 32.7)

68 (26.6, 45.3)

33 (24.6, 22.0)

Age (years)

 < 18

63 (10.5)

34 (16.1, 54.0)

12 (4.7,19.0)

17 (12.7, 27.0)

 < 0.001

 18–24

48 (8.0)

23 (10.9, 47.9)

11 (4.3, 22.9)

14 (10.4, 29.2)

 25–34

75 (12.5)

30 (14.2, 40.0)

27 (10.5, 36.0)

18 (13.4, 24.0)

 35–44

75 (12.5)

28 (13.3, 37.3)

31 (12.1, 41.3)

16(11.9, 21.3)

 45–54

86 (14.3)

35 (16.6, 40.7)

34 (13.3, 39.5)

17 (12.7, 19.8)

 55–64

103 (17.1)

30 (14.2, 29.1)

46 (18.0, 44.7)

27 (20.1, 26.2)

 65–74

101 (16.8)

19 (9.0, 18.8)

62 (24.2, 61.4)

20 (14.9, 19.8)

 ≥ 75

50 (8.3)

12 (5.7, 24.0)

33 (12.9, 66.0)

5 (3.7, 10.0)

Marital statusa

 Married/cohabitant

309 (51.6)

93 (44.3, 30.1)

150 (58.8, 48.5)

66 (49.3, 21.4)

 < 0.001

 Lives with parents

75 (12.5)

39 (18.6, 52.0)

16 (6.3, 21.3)

20 (14.9, 26.7)

 Single/lives alone

215 (35.9)

78 (37.1, 36.3)

89 (34.9, 41.4)

48 (35.8, 22.3)

Level of educationb

 Low (Primary school/High school [0–12/13 years])

287 (51)

81 (40.1, 28.2)

142 (60.4, 49.5)

64 (50.8, 22.3)

 < 0.001

 High (University [13/14–16/ ≥ 17 years])

214 (38)

87 (43.1, 40.7)

81 (34.5, 37.9)

46 (36.5, 21.5)

 Children (< 18 years)

62 (11.0)

34 (16.8, 54.8)

12 (5.1, 19.4)

16 (12.7, 25.8)

Centrality Index (NCI)

 Category 1 & 2

337 (56.1)

140 (66.4, 41.5)

123 (48.0, 36.5)

74 (55.2, 22.0)

 < 0.001

 Category 3 & 4

201 (33.4)

48 (22.7, 23.9)

109 (42.6, 54.2)

44 (32.8, 21.9)

 Category 5 & 6

63 (10.5)

23 (10.9, 36.5)

24 (9.4, 38.1)

16 (11.9, 25.4)

Pre-injury comorbidity

 ASA 1

327 (54.4)

143 (67.8, 43.7)

105 (41.0, 32.1)

79 (59.0, 24.2)

 < 0.001

 ASA 2

205 (34.1)

49 (23.2, 23.9)

110 (43.0, 53.7)

46 (34.3, 22.4)

 ASA 3 & 4

69 (11.5)

19 (9.0, 27.5)

41 (16.0, 59.4)

9 (6.7, 13.0)

Preinjury comorbidity status

 Mental health or drug/alcohol condition

133 (22.1)

29 (13.7, 21.8)

75 (29.3, 56.4)

29 (21.6, 21.8)

 < 0.001

 Neurological

58 (9.7)

15 (7.1, 25.9)

30 (11.7, 51.7)

13 (9.7, 22.4)

0.356

 Muscular/skeletal

99 (16.5)

24 (11.4, 24.2)

48 (18.8, 48.5)

27 (20.1, 27.3)

0.115

 Cardiac/vascular

140 (23.3)

38 (18.0, 27.1)

72 (28.1, 51.4)

30 (22.4, 21.4)

0.071

 Other

187 (31.1)

48 (22.7, 25.7)

101 (39.5, 54,0)

38 (28.4, 20.3)

0.002

 Several

221 (36.8)

52 (24.6, 23.5)

124 (48.4, 56.1)

45 (33.6, 20.4)

 < 0.001

Injury mechanism

     

 Falls

243 (40.4)

70 (33.2, 28.8)

113 (44.1, 46.5)

60 (44.8, 24.7)

0.01

 Transport-related

227 (37.8)

84 (39.8, 37.0)

92 (35.9, 40.5)

51 (38.1, 22.5)

 Violence

18 (3.0)

12 (5.7, 66.7)

2 (0.8, 11.1)

4 (3.0, 22.2)

 Others

113 (18.8)

45 (21.3, 39.8)

49 (19.1, 43.4)

19 (14.2, 16.8)

Work-related injuryc

 Yes

42 (7.0)

11 (5.2, 26.2)

20 (7.9, 47.6)

11 (8.2, 26.2)

0.442

 No

557 (93.0)

200 (94.8, 35.9)

234 (92.1, 42.0)

123 (91.8, 22.1)

Injury severity (NISS)

 Median (IQR)

22 (16, 29)

17 (12, 22)

22 (17, 29)

27 (22, 43)

 < 0.001

 Moderate injury (NISS 10–15)

144 (24.0)

86 (40.8, 59.7)

46 (18.0, 31.9)

12 (9.0, 8.3)

 < 0.001

 Severe injury (NISS > 15)

457 (76.0)

125 (59.2, 27.4)

210 (82.0, 46.0)

122 (91.0, 26.7)

Number of injuries

 1–3

163 (27.1)

89 (42.2, 54.6)

48 (18.8, 29.4)

26 (19.4, 16.0)

 < 0.001

 4–6

227 (37.8)

94 (44.5, 41.4)

94 (36.7, 41.4)

39 (29.1, 17.2)

 > 6

211 (35.1)

28 (13.3, 13.3)

114 (44.5, 54.0)

69 (51.5,32.7)

Injured body region

 Head

276 (45.9)

65 (30.8, 23.6)

113 (44.1, 40.9)

98 (73.1, 35.5)

 < 0.001

 Face

204 (33.9)

59 (28.0, 28.9)

84 (32.8, 41.2)

61 (45.5, 29.9)

0.003

 Neck

24 (4.0)

5 (2.4, 20.8)

12 (4.7, 50.0)

7 (5.2, 29.2)

0.316

 Thorax

236 (39.3)

78 (37.0, 33.1)

122 (47.7, 51.7)

36 (26.9, 15.3)

 < 0.001

 Abdomen

100 (16.6)

57 (27.0, 57.0)

31 (12.1, 31.0)

12 (9.0, 12.0)

 < 0.001

 Spine

192 (31.9)

39 (18.5, 20.3)

114 (44.5, 59.4)

39 (29.1, 20.3)

 < 0.001

 Upper extremity

184 (30.6)

52 (24.6, 28.3)

102 (39.8, 55.4)

30 (22.4, 16.3)

 < 0.001

 Lower extremity

173 (28.8)

44 (20.9, 25.4)

106 (41.4, 61.3)

23 (17.2, 13.3)

 < 0.001

 External and others

79 (13.1)

25 (11.8, 31.6)

38 (14.8, 48.1)

16 (11.9, 20.3)

0.569

Body region with AIS ≥ 3

     

 Head

250 (41.6)

53 (25.1, 21.2)

96 (37.5, 38.4)

101 (75.4, 40.4)

 < 0.001

 Face

15 (2.5)

3 (1.4, 20.0)

9 (3.5, 60.0)

3 (2.2, 20.0)

0.417

 Neck

11 (1.8)

2 (0.9, 18.2)

4 (1.6, 36.4)

5 (3.7, 45.5)

0.219

 Thorax

197 (32.8)

66 (31.3, 33.5)

103 (40.2, 52.3)

28 (20.9, 14.2)

 < 0.001

 Abdomen

73 (12.1)

50 (23.7, 68.5)

16 (6.3, 21.9)

7 (5.2, 9.6)

 < 0.001

 Spine

80 (13.3)

13 (6.2, 16.3)

43 (16.8, 53.8)

24 (17.9, 30.0)

 < 0.001

 Upper extremity

9 (1.5)

4 (1.9, 44.4)

3 (1.2, 33.3)

2 (1.5, 22.2)

0.909

 Lower extremity

92 (15.3)

18 (8.5, 19.6)

62 (24.2, 67.4)

12 (9.0, 13.0)

 < 0.001

 External and others

2 (0.3)

0 (0, 0)

2 (0.8, 100)

0 (0, 0)

0.51

Surgical procedures

     

 No

214 (35.6)

98 (46.4, 45.8)

77 (30.1, 36.0)

39 (29.1, 18.2)

 < 0.001

 Yes

387 (64.4)

113 (53.6, 29.2)

179 (69.9, 46.3)

95 (70.9, 24.5)

Non-surgical procedures

     

 No

94 (15.6)

63 (29.9, 67.0)

29 (11.3, 30.9)

2 (1.5, 2.1)

 < 0.001

 Yes

507 (84.4)

148 (70.1, 29.2)

227 (88.7, 44.8)

132 (98.5, 26.0)

Length of hospital stay (acute care unit at the trauma center), days

     

Median (IQR)

6 (3, 10)

5 (3, 8)

5 (3, 9.75)

10 (4, 17)

 < 0.001

  1. For each independent variable, the corresponding number of patients discharged to the different destinations is presented together with the proportion this number constitutes of the column total (Col%) and of the row total (Row%). Local hospital (n = 256) consists of local hospital (n = 237, 92.6%) and nursing home/inpatient community-based rehabilitation (n = 19, 7.4%)
  2. Significant results are presented in bold
  3. ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists classification, NISS New Injury Severity Score, AIS Abbreviated Injury Scale, LOS length of hospital stay, IQR interquartile range
  4. aMissing = 2, bMissing = 38, cMissing = 2
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