Table 1.
Frequency distribution of factors associated with trauma in trauma referrals based on gender.
| Variables | Frequency (Percentage, %) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | ||
| Age group (years) | <0.001 | ||
| 15–39 | 120 (23.4) | 393 (76.6) | |
| 40–60 | 81 (37.7) | 134 (62.3) | |
| > 60 | 52 (43.0) | 69 (57.0) | |
| Marital status | <0.001 | ||
| Single | 63 (18.9) | 271 (81.1) | |
| Married | 170 (34.9) | 317 (65.1) | |
| Divorced or widowed | 20 (71.4) | 8 (28.6) | |
| Education | 0.032 | ||
| Illiterate | 79 (42.5) | 107 (57.5) | |
| Under diploma | 28 (19.3) | 117 (80.7) | |
| Diploma | 112 (26.7) | 307 (73.3) | |
| Academic degree | 34 (34.3) | 65 (65.7) | |
| Nationality | 0.094 | ||
| Iranian | 247 (30.4) | 566 (69.6) | |
| Afghan | 6 (16.7) | 30 (83.3) | |
| Unknown | 125 (47.0) | 141 (53.0) | <0.001 |
| Occupation | |||
| Civil servant | 34 (24.8) | 103 (75.2) | |
| Self-employed | 85 (20.6) | 328 (79.4) | |
| Cause of trauma | 0.001 | ||
| Traffic accidents | 165 (29.3) | 398 (70.7) | |
| Falling down | 71 (40.1) | 106 (59.9) | |
| Falling objects | 3 (15.8) | 16 (84.2) | |
| Hit resulting from the invasion | 10 (14.7) | 58 (85.3) | |
| Sports injuries | 0 | 1 (100) | |
| Guns | 1 (10) | 9 (90) | |
| Others | 3 (50.0) | 3 (50.0) | |
| History of heart disease | 26 (46.4) | 30 (71.4) | 0.005 |
| History of hypertension | 45 (57.0) | 34 (43.0) | <0.001 |
| History of diabetes | 27 (60.0) | 18 (40.0) | <0.001 |
| History of respiratory disease | 7 (30.4) | 16 (69.6) | 0.55 |
| History of low vision | 5 (29.4) | 12 (70.6) | 0.97 |
| History of trauma | 4 (10.8) | 33 (89.2) | 0.005 |
| Time of accident | 0.57 | ||
| 7:00–15:00 | 127 (32.5) | 264 (67.5) | |
| 15:00–20:00 | 42 (31.8) | 90 (68.2) | |
| 20:00–7:00 | 51 (28.2) | 130 (71.8) | |
| Patient transfer time (Mean ± SD) | 39.63 ± 36.42 | 32.45 ± 27.84 | 0.008 |
| Length of hospital stay (h) | 0.32 | ||
| <6 | 23 (24.5) | 71 (75.5) | |
| 6–24 | 25 (28.7) | 62 (71.3) | |
| 24–48 | 32 (27.1) | 86 (72.9) | |
| >48 | 147 (32.7) | 302 (67.3) | |
| Injured body regions | |||
| Head & neck | 99 (27.6) | 260 (72.4) | 0.12 |
| Face | 40 (27.6) | 105 (72.4) | 0.29 |
| Chest | 29 (19.9) | 117 (80.1) | 0.002 |
| Abdomen | 28 (24.3) | 87 (75.7) | 0.1 |
| Spine | 30 (27.3) | 80 (72.7) | 0.3 |
| Extremity | 156 (29.9) | 365 (70.1) | 0.48 |
| External | 2 (10.5) | 17 (89.5) | 0.4 |
| GCS (Mean ± SD) | 14.19 ± 2.54 | 13.49 ± 3.43 | 0.001 |
| ISS (Mean ± SD) | 8.68 ± 7.47 | 9.04 ± 9.06 | 0.58 |
| RTS (Mean ± SD) | 7.61 ± 0.8 | 7.41 ± 1.1 | 0.005 |
| TRISS (Mean ± SD) | 95.92 ± 11.36 | 93.36 ± 17.46 | 0.014 |
GCS: Glasgow coma scale, ISS: injury severe score, RTS: revised trauma score, TRISS: trauma revised injury severity score.