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. 2016 Nov 16;8(6):381–389. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihw039

Table 1.

Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics, and physiotherapy care coverage of patients admitted to Kunduz Trauma Centre, between January and June 2015 (n=1528)

Variable Received physiotherapy No physiotherapy
n (%) n (%)
Total 1410 (92.3) 118 (7.7)
Sex
 Female 252 (17.9) 21 (17.8)
 Male 1158 (82.1) 97 (82.2)
Age group
 <5 110 (7.8) 9 (7.6)
 5–17 491 (34.8) 32 (27.1)
 18–45 665 (47.2) 60 (50.9)
 46–65 122 (8.6) 13 (11.1)
 >65 22 (1.6) 4 (3.3)
SATS score
 Red 362 (25.7) 42 (35.6)
 Orange 719 (51) 52 (44.1)
 Yellow 326 (23.1) 23 (19.5)
 Green 3 (0.2) 1 (0.8)
Cause of trauma
 Violent trauma
  Blast 219 (15.5) 28 (23.7)
  Assault 43 (3) 10 (8.5)
  Gun shot 300 (21.3) 28 (23.7)
 Accidental trauma
  Road traffic accident 374 (26.6) 19 (16.1)
  Other accident 474 (33.6) 33 (28)
Type of injury
 Lower limb fracture 427 (30.3) 13 (11)
 Upper limb fracture 306 (21.7) 25 (21.2)
 Traumatic brain injury 118 (8.4) 15 (12.7)
 Multiple injury 171 (12.1) 17 (14.4)
 Internal injury 155 (11) 11 (9.3)
 Other 233 (16.5) 37 (31.4)
Total surgical interventions
 0 414 (29.4) 56 (47.5)
 1–2 798 (56.6) 61 (51.7)
 >2 198 (14) 1 (0.8)
Fixation
 No fixation 1038 (73.6) 106 (89.8)
 Only internal fixation 130 (9.2) 3 (2.5)
 Only external fixation 229 (16.2) 9 (7.7)
 Internal and external fixation 13 (0.9) 0 (0)

SATS: South African Triage Scale21