Table 4.
Circumstances for the 287 injuries treated at a department for hand surgery
| Injury circumstances | Women n = 146 | Men n = 141 | Total n = 287 | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place for injury | ||||
| Outdoors | 58 (40%) | 37 (26%) | 95 (33%) | a 0.05 |
| Home/indoors | 34 (23%) | 32 (23%) | 66 (23%) | a0.92 |
| Carpentry/firewood handling | 5 (3%) | 29 (21%) | 34 (12%) | a < 0.01 |
| Work | 0 | 12 (9%) | 12 (4%) | – |
| Bus, car motor cycle | 7 (5%) | 5 (4%) | 12 (4%) | a0.61 |
| Missing data | 42 (29%) | 26 (18%) | 68 (24%) | a0.07 |
| Injury mechanism | ||||
| Fall | 100 (68%) | 53 (38%) | 153 (54%) | a < 0.01 |
| Cut or saw | 16 (11%) | 41 (29%) | 57 (20%) | a < 0.01 |
| Crush or avulsion | 10 (7%) | 21 (15%) | 31 (11%) | a 0.04 |
| Pull, punch, twist | 7 (5%) | 14 (10%) | 21 (7%) | a0.11 |
| Traffic | 9 (6%) | 6 (4%) | 15 (5%) | a0.48 |
| Bite | 4 (3%) | 6 (4%) | 10 (3%) | b0.49 |
| Specific reason | ||||
| Tripping/stumbling/slipping | 34 (23%) | 29 (21%) | 63 (22%) | a0.62 |
| Power tool | 6 (4%) | 30 (21%) | 36 (13%) | a < 0.01 |
| Animal | 11 (8%) | 14 (10%) | 25 (9%) | a0.49 |
| Door/heavy object | 8 (5%) | 12 (9%) | 20 (7%) | a0.33 |
| Glass/other sharp object | 8 (5%) | 8 (6%) | 16 (6%) | a0.94 |
| Knife/axe/scissors | 5 (3%) | 9 (6%) | 14 (5%) | a0.26 |
| Missing data | 74 (51%) | 39 (28%) | 113 (39%) | a < 0.01 |
| Other injuries | ||||
| Head (wound, contusion, fracture) | 15 (10%) | 10 (7%) | 25 (9%) | a0.36 |
| Costal or vertebral fracture/compression | 2 (1%) | 5 (4%) | 7 (2%) | – |
| Lower extremity fracture | 4 (3%) | 1 (1%) | 5 (2%) | – |
Values are presented as number of patients (% of patient group) or median [25th – 75th percentiles]. P-values represent difference between men and women in number of patients affected by the use of a Pearson’s Chi-square test or b Fisher’s exact test (in small sample groups) for the categorical variables