Table 1.
Overall demographics, injury characteristics and treatment of patients who consulted for a hand injury during the national lockdown in France due to the COVID-19 pandemic. CI: confidence interval; SD: standard error.
Total |
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n | % | (95%CI) | SD% | |
Gender | ||||
Male | 1225 | 62.9 | 60.2–65.6 | 48.3 |
Female | 722 | 37.1 | 33.6–40.6 | 48.3 |
Age (years) | ||||
0–5 | 68 | 3.5 | −0.9–7.9 | 18.4 |
6–15 | 156 | 8.0 | 3.7–12.3 | 27.2 |
16–25 | 281 | 14.5 | 10.3–18.6 | 35.2 |
26–65 | 1223 | 62.8 | 60.1–65.6 | 48.3 |
>65 | 219 | 11.2 | 7.1–15.4 | 31.5 |
Lesions | ||||
Open wound | 1373 | 70.5 | 68.0–73.0 | 47.3 |
Laceration | 1298 | 66.6 | 64.1–69.2 | 47.2 |
Nail lesion | 23 | 1.2 | −3.2–5.6 | 10.8 |
Foreign body | 143 | 7.3 | 3.1–11.6 | 26.1 |
Amputation | 43 | 2.2 | −2.2–6.6 | 14.7 |
Fracture | 344 | 17.7 | 13.6–21.7 | 38.2 |
Closed | 200 | 10.3 | 6.1–14.5 | 30.4 |
Open | 144 | 7.4 | 3.1–11.7 | 26.2 |
Infection | 417 | 21.4 | 17.5–25.4 | 41.0 |
Closed trauma | 213 | 10.9 | 6.7–15.1 | 31.2 |
Sprain | 54 | 2.8 | −1.6–7.1 | 16.4 |
Dislocation | 21 | 1.1 | −3.3–5.5 | 10.3 |
Contusion | 123 | 6.3 | 2.0–10.6 | 24.3 |
Tendon avulsion | 15 | 0.7 | −3.6–5.2 | 8.7 |
Surgical complications | 62 | 3.1 | −1.1–7.6 | 17.6 |
Context | ||||
Work-related | 195 | 10.0 | 5.8–14.2 | 30.0 |
Domestic accident | 1724 | 88.5 | 87.0–90.0 | 31.9 |
Self-inflicted | 5 | 0.3 | −4.2–4.7 | 5.1 |
Violence | 18 | 0.9 | −3.5–5.3 | 9.6 |
Road accident | 5 | 0.3 | −4.1–4.7 | 5.5 |
Treatment | ||||
Non operative | 457 | 23.5 | 19.6–27.3 | 42.4 |
Operative | 1490 | 76.5 | 74.4–78.7 | 42.4 |