Health-related quality of life in urban surgical emergency department patients: Comparison with a representative German population sample

Table 1 Basic characteristics, socio-economic status, substance use and Health Related Quality of Life in all patients

Variable	all n = 1596	male n = 986 61.8%	female n = 610 38.2 %	p
Age (1) (years)	32 (18 – 89)	32 (18 – 78)	31 (18 – 89)	0.306
ISS (%) >1/1 point	18.3/81.7	19.7/80.3	16.1/83.9	0.070
Socioeconomic status
A-Level (%) no/yes	43.9/56.1	46.2/53.8	40.2/59.8	0.017
Being employed(%) no/yes	36.4/63.6	33.7/66.3	40.8/59.2	0.004
Family income (%)* ≤24,000 €/>24,000 €	62.2/37.8	62.1/37.9	62.5/37.5	0.876
Partnership (%) no/yes	54.3/45.7	54.7/45.3	53.6/46.4	0.680
Size of household (%) 1/>1 person	36.8/63.2	39.7/60.3	32.3/67.7	0.003
Substance use
Hazardous alcohol consumption # (%) yes/no	24.7/75.3	26.5/73.5	22.0/78.0	0.043
Illicit drug use (%) yes/no	21.7/78.3	25.6/74.4	15.6/84.4	< 0.001
Smoking (%) yes/no	45.7/54.3	51.7/48.3	36.1/63.9	< 0.001
Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL)
PCS (2)	53.4 ± 8.3	53.9 ± 7.5	52.5 ± 9.3	0.003
MCS (2)	47.9 ± 10.0	48.5 ± 9.4	46.9 ± 10.8	0.003

(1): median (range); (2): mean ± standard deviation; ISS: Injury Severity Score; A-level: "yes": 12 or 13 years of school education, "no": 11 or less years of school education; *; family income net per year; #: hazardous alcohol consumption "yes": (in men): AUDIT = 8 – 40 points, (in women): AUDIT = 5 – 40 points, "no": (in men): AUDIT = 0 – 7 points, (in women): AUDIT = 0 – 4 points; PCS: physical component summary score of the SF-36; MCS: mental component summary score of the Sf-36.

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