Table 1. Neurotrauma before and during COVID-19 pandemic.
| S. no | Characteristics | Before pandemic (January to February) (60 d) |
During pandemic (before lockdown) (24 d) |
During pandemic (lockdown 1 and 2) (40 d) |
During pandemic (lockdown 3 and 4) (28 d) |
p -Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbreviations: COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; SD, standard deviation. a Statistically significant ( p < 0.05). Note: P 1 = between columns 3 and 4, P 2 = between columns 3 and 5, P 3 = between columns 3 and 6, and P overall = between columns 3 to 6. | ||||||
| 1. | Total number of neurotrauma cases admitted (cases/d) | 493 (mean = 8.22, SD = 1.25) |
202 (mean = 8.42, SD = 1.1) |
128 (mean = 3.2, SD = 0.8) |
150 (mean = 5.36, SD = 1.4) |
P
1 = 0.4956
P 2 < 0.0001 a P 3 < 0.0001 a P Overall < 0.0001 a |
| 2. | Mode of injury | |||||
| Road traffic accident | 392 (mean = 6.53, SD = 1.25) |
166 (mean = 6.92, SD = 1.40) |
42 (mean 1.05, SD = 0.4) |
79 (mean = 2.82, SD = 0.70) |
P 1 = 0.9826 | |
| Physical assault | 50 (mean = 0.83, SD = 0.20) |
21 (mean = 0.87, SD = 0.2) |
65 (mean = 1.62, SD = 0.23) |
50 (mean = 1.79, SD = 0.5) |
P 2 = 0.4465 | |
| Fall from height | 43 (mean = 0.72, SD = 0.3) |
13 (mean = 0.54, SD = 0.25) |
20 (mean = 0.5, SD = 0.02) |
21 (mean = 0.75, SD = 0.20) |
P 3 = 0.6757 | |
| Spontaneous fall | 8 (mean = 0.13, SD = 0.01) |
2 (mean = 0.08, SD = 0.001) |
1 (mean = 0.025, SD = 0.002) |
0 | P overall = 0.8318 | |
| 3. | Cranial injuries | 461 (mean = 7.68, SD = 1.2) |
184 (mean = 7.67, SD = 1.1) |
121 (mean = 3.02, SD = 0.8) |
133 (mean = 4.75, SD = 0.6) |
P
1 = 0.9716
P 2 < 0.0001 a P 3 < 0.0001 a P overall < 0.0001 a |
| 4. | Spinal injuries | 32 (mean = 0.53, SD = 0.1) |
18 (mean = 0.75, SD = 0.1) |
7 (mean = 0.17, SD = 0.01) |
17 (mean = 0.61, SD = 0.05) |
P
1 < 0.0001
a
P 2 < 0.0001 a P 3 = 0.0001 a P overall < 0.0001 a |
| 5. | Number of surgeries | 92 (mean = 1.53, SD = 0.6) |
41 (mean = 1.71, SD = 0.8) |
11 (mean = 0.27, SD = 0.03) |
22 (mean = 0.79, SD = 0.01) |
P
1 = 0.2637
P 2 < 0.0001 a P 3 < 0.0001 a P overall < 0.0001 a |
| 6. | Conservatively managed cases | 401 (mean = 6.68, SD = 1.1) |
161 (mean = 6.71, SD = 1.3) |
115 (mean = 2.87, SD = 0.7) |
126 (mean = 4.5, SD = 0.5) |
P
1
= 0.9150
P 2 < 0.0001 a P 3 < 0.0001 a P overall < 0.0001 a |
| 7. | Mortality | 35 (mean = 0.58, SD = 0.1) |
12 (mean = 0.5, SD = 0.12) |
8 (mean = 0.2, SD = 0.02) |
16 (mean = 0.57, SD = 0.08) |
P
1 = 0.0025
a
P 2 < 0.0001 a P 3 = 0.6439 P overall < 0.0001 a |