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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the responders and non-responders

From: Psychometric properties of the psychosocial screening instrument for physical trauma patients (PSIT)

 

Responders (n = 364)

Non-responders (n = 1084)

Difference between responders and non-responders

 

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Mann-Whitney U (p-value)

Age at time of injury (years)

64.4 (52.0–78.0)

62.0 (41.0–77.0)

U = 181,211 (p = 0.02, r = 0.06)

ISS

5 (4–9)

5 (2–9)

U = 173,292 (p = 0.14)

Missing (n, %)

3 (0.8%)

71 (6.5%)

 

N (%)

N (%)

χ2 (p-value)

Gender

 Female

152 (41.8%)

474 (43.7%)

χ2 = 0.43 (p = 0.50)

 Male

212 (58.2%)

610 (56.3%)

ISS

 < 16

320 (87.9%)

993 (91.6%)

χ2 = 2.86 (p = 0.09)

 ≥ 16

41 (11.3%)

91 (8.4%)

 Missing

3 (0.8%)

0 (0.0%)

Injury cause

 Falls

193 (53.0%)

548 (50.6%)

χ2 = 9.251 (p = 0.24)

 Road traffic injury

108 (29.7%)

268 (23.7%)

 Work-related

24 (6.6%)

51 (4.7%)

 Sports-related

26 (7.1%)

60 (5.5%)

 Violence

5 (1.4%)

37 (3.4%)

 Intentional injury

3 (0.8%)

14 (1.3%)

 Other

1 (0.3%)

8 (0.8%)

 Missing

4 (1.1%)

98 (9.0%)

Injury mechanism

 Blunt

358 (98.4%)

1029 (94.9%)

χ2 = 5.95 (p = 0.02, phi = −0.06)

 Penetrating

6 (1.6%)

48 (4.4%)

 Missing

0 (0.0%)

7 (0.6%)

ICU admission (yes)

61 (16.8%)

156 (14.4%)

χ2 = 1.2 (p = 0.27)

  1. Abbreviations: IQR Interquartile range, ISS Injury Severity Score, ICU Intensive Care Unit