Parameter | % of studies (number of references) | Comments and detail |
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Patient Factors | ||
Age distribution (years) | 84% (11 of 13) | • No uniformity of categories [23–26, 28, 31, 33, 34], failure to report of full age range [27, 30, 35] |
   Sex distribution (M:F) | 84% (11 of 13) | • Reported number and % male & females [23–28, 30, 31, 33–35] |
   Occupation | 23% (3 of 13) | • Transportation worker, student, farmer, technical worker, service workers [24] • Worker, farmer, fisher [25] • Worker, student, farmer/forester/fisher [33] |
System Factors | ||
   Pre-hospital care | 23% (3 of 13) | |
Factors related to circumstances of injury | ||
   Mechanism | 100% | • 'Super-categories' (i.e., unintentional, transport) • Non-uniform use of transport/traffic |
   Location | 23% (3 of 13) | • Industrial, road/street, home, school [25] • Road/street; family, operational site [26] • Operational site; road street [27] |
Injury Coding and clinical indicators | ||
   Abbreviated Injury Score severity [35] | 7.7% (1 of 13) | • For isolated trauma AIS ≥ 3 [35] |
   Injury Severity Score [17] | 23% (3 of 13) | • For those admitted to ED, ISS: < 16; 16-24 [33] • For deaths only [34] • For multi-trauma ISS ≥ 15 [35] |
   ICD [18] | None |  |
   'Other injury' description | 15% (2 of 13) | • Superficial; open; fracture (not by region) [26] • Superficial; open; fracture (not by region) [27] |
   GCS [16] | None |  |
   RTS [19] | None |  |
   TRISS [20] | None |  |
Outcomes | ||
   Mortality | 69% (9 of 13) | • Overall mortality plus traffic separately [29] • % within 3-months [30] • Pre-hospital mortality only [33] • Based on registry log only [34] |
   Admission to ICU | None |  |
   Length of stay | 7.7% (1 of 13) | • Mean given [28] |
   Costs | 7.7% (1 of 13) | • Costs per stay [28] |