Table 2. Demographics of the patients from six injury cohorts who had an eligible EQ-5D summary score at three, six and/or 12 months post-injury.
| Characteristic | DIPS (n = 2 857) | NSCOT (n = 3 785) | POIS (n = 2 831) | VOTOR (n = 13 005) | VSTR (n = 6 845) | UKBOIS (n = 447) | Total (n = 29 770) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age in years (SD) | 50.5 (19.9) | 46.6 (20.0) | 41.1 (13.0) | 55.7 (22.6) | 48.0 (21.2) | 55.0 (18.5) | 50.9 (21.5) |
| No. of patients (%) | |||||||
| Male | 1 383 (48.4) | 2 488 (65.7) | 1 732 (61.2) | 6 615 (50.9) | 5 070 (74.1) | 195 (43.6) | 17 483 (58.7) |
| Admitted to hospital | 1 525 (53.4) | 3 785 (100) | 699 (24.7) | 13 005 (100) | 6 845 (100) | 198 (44.6) | 26 057 (87.5) |
| With transport-related injury | 789 (28.0) | 1 716 (45.4) | 326 (11.5) | 3 284 (25.8) | 3 319 (48.7) | 58 (13.2) | 9 492 (32.3) |
| With fall-related injury | 0 (0.0) | 1 292 (34.1) | 695 (24.6) | 7 623 (59.9) | 2 108 (31.0) | 0 (0.0) | 11 718 (39.8) |
| With other injury | 2 027 (72.0) | 777 (20.5) | 1 810 (63.9) | 1 814 (14.3) | 1 381 (20.3) | 382 (86.8) | 8 191 (27.9) |
DIPS: Dutch Injury Patient Survey; NSCOT: National Study on Costs and Outcomes of Trauma; POIS: Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study; SD: standard deviation; VOTOR: Victorian Orthopaedic Trauma Outcomes Registry; VSTR: Victorian State Trauma Registry; UKBOIS: United Kingdom Burden of Injury Study.