Table 1 Demographic characteristics and pre-transfer information according to the period
Total (2019.2-2021.1) | Pre-COVID-19 (2019.2-2020.1) | COVID-19 (2020.2-2021.1) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 2100 | 1317 | 783 | ||
Agea | |||||
62 (45–76) | 63 (45–77) | 61 (44–74) | 0.038 | ||
Age ≥ 65 | 977 (46.5) | 631 (47.9) | 346 (44.2) | 0.098 | |
Sex | 0.579 | ||||
Male | 1317 (62.7) | 820 (62.3) | 497 (63.5) | ||
Female | 783 (37.3) | 497 (37.7) | 286 (36.5) | ||
Nationality | 0.757 | ||||
Domestic | 2070 (98.6) | 1299 (98.6) | 771 (98.5) | ||
Foreign | 30 (1.4) | 18 (1.4) | 12 (1.5) | ||
Injury type | 0.684 | ||||
Blunt trauma | 2044 (97.3) | 1280 (97.2) | 764 (97.6) | ||
Penetrating | 51 (2.4) | 35 (2.7) | 16 (2.0) | ||
Burn | 5 (0.3) | 2 (0.1) | 3 (0.4) | ||
Injury mechanism | 0.153 | ||||
RTA | 682 (32.5) | 437 (33.1) | 245 (31.3) | ||
AVP | 153 (7.3) | 104 (7.9) | 49 (6.2) | ||
MVC | 227 (10.8) | 145 (11.0) | 82 (10.5) | ||
MCC | 155 (7.4) | 98 (7.4) | 57 (7.3) | ||
Bicycle | 84 (4.0) | 49 (3.7) | 35 (4.5) | ||
E-scooter | 13 (0.6) | 4 (0.3) | 9 (1.1) | ||
Industrial | 44 (2.1) | 31 (2.3) | 13 (1.7) | ||
Other NMV | 6 (0.3) | 6 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Slip down | 685 (32.6) | 417 (31.7) | 268 (34.2) | ||
Fall | 426 (20.3) | 261 (19.9) | 165 (21.0) | ||
Struck | 184 (8.8) | 131 (9.9) | 53 (6.8) | ||
Other | 123 (5.8) | 71 (5.4) | 52 (6.7) | ||
Occupational activity | 0.025 | ||||
Yes | 276 (13.2) | 153 (11.6) | 123 (15.7) | ||
No | 1378 (65.6) | 876 (66.5) | 502 (64.1) | ||
Unknown | 446 (21.2) | 288 (21.9) | 158 (20.2) | ||
Alcohol-related | 0.458 | ||||
No drink (test confirmed) or not suspected | 438 (20.9) | 276 (21.0) | 162 (20.7) | ||
Suspected (not tested) | 64 (3.0) | 34 (2.6) | 30 (3.8) | ||
Drink (test confirmed) | 106 (5.1) | 67 (5.1) | 39 (5.0) | ||
Unknown | 1492 (71.0) | 940 (71.3) | 552 (70.5) | ||
Referring from TC | 0.941 | ||||
TC | 117 (5.6) | 73 (5.5) | 44 (5.6) | ||
Non-TC | 1983 (94.4) | 1244 (94.5) | 739 (94.4) | ||
Referring ED level | 0.789 | ||||
Level I ED | 263 (12.5) | 166 (12.6) | 97 (12.4) | ||
Level II ED | 426 (20.4) | 269 (20.4) | 157 (20.3) | ||
Level III ED | 813 (38.9) | 501 (38.0) | 312 (40.3) | ||
Non-ED | 589 (28.2) | 380 (28.9) | 209 (26.0) | ||
Military ED | 1 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Transport mode | 0.850 | ||||
Ground | 2098 (99.9) | 1315 (98.2) | 783 (100.0) | ||
Air | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Time from injury to TC (m)a | 329 (182–1383) | 326 (174–1369) | 334 (199–1390) | 0.214 |