Table 2. Comparison of the Limbe Regional Hospital trauma registry trauma-related indicators with other institutional data sources for data completeness.
Proportion complete (%) | ||||||||||
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Hospital name | Source of data | Occupation | Anatomical location | Blood pressure | Respiratory rate | Glasgow coma score | Injury severity score | Patient transport time | Outcome of Emergency Department treatment | |
Limbe Regional Hospital data completeness | Trauma registry (n = 5617) (60 months) |
95% | 96% | 71% | 26% | 92% | 66% | 92% | 99% | |
Administrative records (n = 1713) (12 months) [10] |
79% | 83% | 13% | 2% | 8% | 7% | 4% | 45% | ||
p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
Central Hospital Yaounde data completeness | Pilot Trauma registry (n = 2855) (6 months) [15] |
93% | 96% | 98% | 99% | 97% | 96% | 92% | 94% | |
p-value | <0.001 | 1.00 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 1.00 | <0.001 | ||
Administrative records (n = 6,324) (12 months) [17] |
- | 98% | - | - | - | - | - | 99% | ||
p-value | - | <0.001 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |