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Table 4 Prevalence of impaired HRQoL (as defined > 1 standard deviation of baseline mean below baseline score) by injury severity

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

 

One Month

Four Months

Twelve Months

 

Total

Physical

Psycho-social

Total

Physical

Psycho-social

Total

Physical

Psycho-social

Full population n (%)

 

90 (44.1)

113 (55.4)

58 (28.4)

23 (11.3)

28 (13.7)

18 (8.8)

13 (6.4)

16 (7.8)

15 (7.4)

Hospitalization Status n (%)

 

p  < 0.001

p  = 0.001

p  < 0.001

p = 0.91

p = 0.03

p = 0.21

p = 0.87

p = 0.05

p = 0.83

 ED

49 (34.0)

69 (47.9)

30 (20.8)

16 (11.1)

15 (10.4)

15 (10.4)

11 (7.6)

11 (7.6)

13 (9.0)

 Hospitalized

41 (68.3)

44 (73.3)

28 (46.7)

7 (11.7)

13 (21.7)

3 (5.0)

5 (8.3)

10 (16.7)

6 (10.0)

PaedCTAS n (%)

 

p = 0.06

p = 0.18

p = 0.03

p = 0.84

p = 0.14

p = 0.85

p = 0.12

p = 0.11

p = 0.04

 1 (resuscitation required)

7 (63.6)

7 (63.6)

6 (54.5)

1 (9.1)

2 (18.2)

1 (9.1)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (9.1)

 2

21 (55.3)

26 (68.4)

15 (39.5)

6 (15.8)

9 (23.7)

2 (5.3)

5 (13.2)

7 (18.4)

5 (13.2)

 3

21 (48.8)

24 (55.8)

13 (30.2)

5 (11.6)

7 (16.3)

4 (9.3)

1 (2.3)

2 (4.7)

1 (2.3)

 4

36 (34.6)

50 (48.1)

21 (20.2)

10 (9.6)

9 (8.7)

10 (9.6)

8 (7.7)

10 (9.6)

9 (8.7)

 5 (non-urgent)

5 (62.5)

6 (75.0)

3 (37.5)

1 (12.5)

1 (12.5)

1 (12.5)

2 (25.0)

2 (25.0)

3 (37.5)

  1. *p values comparing prevalence of impaired HRQoL across groups from chi square test or Fisher’s where cell size < 5; < 0.001 considered significant with Bonferroni correction