Table 1 Characteristics of study population
Characteristic | Study population (n = 550) |
|---|---|
Gender: Male | 308 (56.0%) |
Age (Mean, SD) | 61.0 (16.0) |
Education | |
 Low | 127 (23.1%) |
 Middle | 214 (38.9%) |
 High | 199 (36.2%) |
 Unknown | 10 (1.8%) |
Comorbidity status | |
 No comorbidity | 231 (42.0%) |
 Comorbidity | 309 (56.2%) |
 Unknown | 10 (1.8%) |
Length of hospital stay in days (Median, IQR) | 4.0 (2.0–6.0) |
Number of injuries | |
 1 | 275 (50.0%) |
 2 | 129 (23.5%) |
  ≥ 3 | 146 (26.5%) |
Type of injuryb | |
 Mild TBI | 159 (28.9%) |
 Hip fracture | 114 (20.7%) |
 Pelvic injury | 71 (12.9%) |
 Rib fracture | 71 (12.9%) |
 Tibia, complex foot or femur fracture | 71 (12.9%) |
 Shoulder and upper arm injury | 57 (10.4%) |
 Stable vertebral fracture or disc injury | 40 (7.3%) |
 Radius, ulna or hand fracture | 40 (7.3%) |
 Thoracic injury | 31 (5.6%) |
 Facial fracture | 29 (5.3%) |
 Severe TBI | 15 (2.7%) |
 Mild abdominal injury | 14 (2.5%) |
 Severe abdominal injury | 5 (0.9%) |
 Spinal cord injury | 2 (0.4%) |
Injury Severity Score | |
  < 8 | 320 (58.2%) |
 8–16 | 193 (35.1%) |
  ≥ 16 | 35 (6.4%) |
 Unknown | 2 (0.4%) |
PTSD symptomsa | |
 No PTSD (IES < 35) | 451 (82.0%) |
 PTSD (IES ≥ 35) | 41 (7.5%) |
 Unknown | 58 (10.5%) |
EQ-5D-3 L scores at T1 | |
 Utility score (Mean, SD) | 0.482 (0.298) |
 EQ-VAS (Mean, SD) | 56.3 (20.5) |
 Mobility (% reporting moderate or extreme problems) | 72.0% |
 Self-care (% reporting moderate or extreme problems) | 69.8% |
 Usual activities (% reporting moderate or extreme problems) | 85.5% |
 Pain/discomfort (% reporting moderate or extreme problems) | 88.0% |
 Anxiety/depression (% reporting moderate or extreme problems) | 24.9% |