Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics
| Characteristic |
Kampala trauma score II |
p values | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total ( n = 502) | Severe ( n = 108) | Non-severe ( n = 394) | ||
| Age, median (IQR) |
28 (23, 33) |
28 (23, 34) |
28 (23, 33) |
0.530 |
| Sex, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
| Male |
399 (79) |
84 (78) |
315 (80) |
0.620 |
| Female |
103 (21) |
24 (22) |
79 (20) |
|
| Occupation, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
| Salaried/wage |
138 (28) |
21 (19) |
117 (30) |
0.040 |
| Student |
66 (13) |
12 (11) |
54 (14) |
|
| Peasant |
117 (23) |
33 (31) |
84 (21) |
|
| Business |
86 (17) |
19 (18) |
67 (17) |
|
| Boda-boda (motorcyclist) |
77 (15) |
22 (20) |
55 (14) |
|
| Others |
18 (4) |
1 (1) |
17 (4) |
|
| Education level, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
| None |
59 (12) |
23 (21) |
36 (9) |
0.010 |
| Primary |
214 (43) |
42 (39) |
172 (44) |
|
| Secondary |
146 (29) |
29 (27) |
117 (30) |
|
| Tertiary |
83 (17) |
14 (13) |
69 (18) |
|
| Region injured, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
| Head/neck |
233 (46) |
77 (33) |
156 (67) |
<0.001 |
| Face |
126 (25) |
39 (31) |
87 (69) |
0.003 |
| Thorax |
53 (11) |
25 (47) |
28 (53) |
<0.001 |
| Abdomen/visceral pelvis |
35 (7) |
18 (51) |
17 (49) |
0.001 |
| Extremities/bony pelvis |
195 (39) |
36 (18) |
159 (82) |
0.19 |
| Skin |
79 (16) |
11 (14) |
68 (86) |
0.07 |
| Cause of the trauma, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
| Road traffic crash |
269 (56) |
59 (21.93) |
210 (78) |
<0.01 |
| Assault |
165 (33) |
36 (21.82) |
129 (79) |
|
| Gunshot |
3 (1) |
2 (66.67) |
1 (33) |
|
| Falls |
34 (7) |
3 (8.82) |
31 (91) |
|
| Burns |
11 (2) |
6 (54.55) |
5 (46) |
|
| Others |
20 (4) |
2 (10.00) |
18 (90) |
|
| Type of injury, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
| Blunt trauma |
443 (88) |
93 (21) |
350 (79) |
0.04 |
| Penetrating |
17 (4) |
6 (35) |
11 (65) |
|
| Burns |
10 (3) |
5 (50) |
5 (50) |
|
| Others |
32 (6) |
4 (13) |
28 (88) |
|
| Duration, median (IQR) | 3 (2, 4) | 3 (2, 4) | 3 (2, 4) | 0.5 |