Table 3. Factors associated with head & neck injuries.
Comparison of the patient factors associated with head and neck (H&N) injuries versus non-H&N injuries. Continuous variables are represented as mean ± SD, and categorical variables are represented as number (percent).
a 2-sided, unpaired Student’s t-test
b 2-sided, unpaired Fisher’s exact test
c 2-sided, unpaired Pearson’s χ2 test
d 2-sided, unpaired Mann-Whitney U-test
| Characteristic | H&N Injury (n=38) | Other Injury (n=51) | p-value | OR (95% CI) |
| Age | 33.8 ± 16.1 | 25.7 ± 8.4 | 0.003a | |
| Sex (M) | 28 (73.7) | 30 (58.8) | 0.180b | 1.96 (0.77 – 5.15) |
| Day of Week | 0.506b | 1.46 (0.60 – 3.58) | ||
| Sun – Thurs | 22 (57.9) | 34 (66.7) | ||
| Fri – Sat | 16 (42.1) | 17 (33.3) | ||
| Time of Day | 0.224c | |||
| 0600 – 1359 | 4 (10.5) | 7 (13.7) | ||
| 1400 – 2159 | 20 (52.6) | 29 (56.9) | ||
| 2200 – 0559 | 14 (36.8) | 9 (17.6) | ||
| Alcohol Intoxication | 11 (29.0) | 2 (3.9) | 0.002b | 9.98 (2.04 – 46.61) |
| Injury | ||||
| Laceration | 24 (63.6) | 0 | <0.001b | ∞ |
| Abrasion/Contusion | 12 (42.9) | 18 (35.3) | 0.629b | 1.38 (0.53 – 3.28) |
| Fracture | 8 (21.1) | 21 (41.2) | 0.067b | 0.38 (0.14 – 1.02) |
| Imaging | ||||
| Any CT | 23 (60.5) | 5 (9.8) | <0.001b | 14.11 (4.61 – 37.77) |
| Any XR | 15 (39.5) | 45 (88.2) | <0.001b | 0.09 (0.03 – 0.25) |
| Total CT | 1.4 ± 1.6 | 0.1 ± 0.4 | <0.001d | |
| Total XR | 0.6 ± 0.9 | 1.0 ± 0.5 | 0.001d | |
| Treatment | ||||
| Operative | 4 (10.5) | 8 (15.7) | 0.546b | 0.63 (0.20 – 2.07) |
| Laceration Repair | 24 (63.6) | 0 | <0.001b | ∞ |
| Pain Management | 9 (23.7) | 21 (41.2) | 0.113b | 0.44 (0.19 – 1.15) |
| Wound Management | 5 (13.2) | 4 (7.8) | 0.488b | 1.78 (0.48 – 6.12) |