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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: A longitudinal study on quality of life after injury in children

  

Attrition

Total n = 204

12 Month Complete n = 149

Lost to Follow-Up n = 55

ORa (95 % CI)

Baseline HRQoL

 Mean (SD)

90.7 (±8.9)

91.3 (±8.3)

89.0 (±10.3)

1.0 (0.9, 1.1)

Hospitalization Status n (%)

 Emergency Department

144 (70.6)

108 (72.5)

35 (66.0)

0.7 (0.4, 1.4)

 Hospitalized

60 (29.4)

41 (27.5)

20 (34.0)

 

Length of Stay (days)

 Median (25 %, 75 %)

2.7 (1.5, 6.8)

2.5 (1.5, 5.0)

3.8 (1.8, 10.6)

0.9 (0.8, 1.0)

 Range

0.2 – 43.4

0.2 – 14.9

0.2 – 43.4

Sex n (%)

 Male

127 (62.3)

96 (64.4)

31 (56.4)

1.4 (0.7, 2.6)

 Female

77 (37.7)

53 (35.6)

24 (43.6)

Ref

Age (years)

 Median (25 %, 75 %)

7.1 (3.6, 11.7)

7.3 (3.7, 11.9)

6.8 (3.0, 11.6)

1.0 (0.9, 1.1)

 Range

0.1 - 16.9

0.3 – 16.9

0.1 – 16.6

 

Age Category n (%)

 0 – 5 years

84 (41.2)

62 (41.6)

22 (40.0)

0.9 (0.4, 2.0)

 6 – 10 year

66 (32.4)

46 (30.9)

20 (36.4)

0.7 (0.3, 1.6)

 11 -16 years

54 (26.5)

41 (27.5)

13 (23.6)

Ref

PaedCTAS n (%)

 1 (requires resuscitation)

11 (5.4)

8 (5.4)

3 (5.5)

0.4 (0.0, 4.6)

 2

38 (18.6)

28 (18.8)

10 (18.2)

0.4 (0.0, 3.7)

 3

43 (21.1)

30 (20.1)

13 (23.6)

0.3 (0.0, 3.0)

 4

104 (51.0)

76 (51.0)

28 (50.9)

0.4 (0.0, 3.3)

 5 (non-urgent)

8 (3.9)

7 (4.7)

1 (1.8)

Ref

Income Quintile n (%)

 1 (lowest income quintile)

25 (12.3)

12 (8.1)

13 (23.6)

0.3 (0.1, 0.7)

 2

25 (12.3)

16 (10.7)

9 (16.4)

0.5 (0.2, 1.4)

 3

43 (21.1)

37 (24.8)

6 (10.9)

1.8 (0.6, 4.9)

 4

39 (19.1)

28 (18.8)

11 (20.0)

0.7 (0.3, 1.8)

 5 (highest income quintile)

72 (35.3)

56 (37.6)

16 (29.1)

Ref

Injury Type

 Head injury

18 (8.8)

12 (8.1)

6 (11.3)

1.2 (0.3, 4.9)

 Lower extremity fracture

25 (12.3)

15 (10.1)

10 (18.9)

0.9 (0.3, 3.3)

 Major trauma

16 (7.8)

13 (8.8)

3 (5.7)

2.6 (0.5, 13.0)

 Minor external injury

77 (37.7)

57 (38.5)

20 (37.7)

1.7 (0.6, 5.3)

 Upper extremity fracture

49 (24.0)

41 (27.7)

8 (15.1)

3.1 (0.9, 10.9)

 Otherb

18 (9)

10 (6.8)

6 (11.3)

Ref

 Missing

1 (0.5)

1 (1.0)

2 (2.3)

 
  1. aOR from logistic regression, odds of returning 12 month survey
  2. bCategories with cell size < 5 were collapsed into, other this category includes Major Burn, Hand or foot amputation, Head Trauma, Ingestion/chocking, Internal organ injury, Spinal fracture