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