Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics
| n | 372 |
|---|---|
| Age, years, (median, IQR) | 80 (73–86) |
| Female (n,%) | 200 (53.8) |
| Pre-admission residential status: | |
| Own home (n,%) | 338 (90.9) |
| Residential facility with nursing (n,%) | 16 (4.3) |
| Residential facility without nursing (n,%) | 11 (3.0) |
| Warden controlled accommodation (n,%) | 6 (1.6) |
| Unknown (n,%) | 1 (0.3) |
| Comorbidities, (median, IQR) | 2 (1–3) |
| Number of pre-injury medications | |
| 1–5 (n,%) | 189 (50.8) |
| > 5 (n,%) | 139 (37.4) |
| Predominant mechanisms of injury: | |
| Fall < 2 m (n,%) | 211 (56.7) |
| Fall > 2 m (n,%) | 79 (21.2) |
| Pedestrian vs vehicle (n,%) | 36 (9.7) |
| Admission SBP mmHg, (median, IQR) | 145 (125–166) |
| Admission GCS, (median, IQR) | 15 (14–15) |
| TBI (n,%) | 77 (20.6) |
| ISS, median (IQR) | 16 (9–21) |
| Critical care (n,%) | 40 (10.7) |
| Outcomes | |
| In-hospital mortality (n,%) | 35 (9.4) |
| Critical care stay, days, (mean, SD) | 1.06 (5.2) |
| Total MTC LOS, days, (median, IQR) | 12 (5–20) |
| Discharge to usual place of residence (n,%) | 210 (56.5) |
SBP Systolic Blood Pressure, GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, TBI Traumatic Brain Injury, ISS Injury Severity Score, MTC Major Trauma Centre, LOS Length of Stay. Missing data: SBP: 4, GCS: 2, ISS: 39, LOS: 35