Table 1.
Demographic information and disease states for those injured or not in preceding 12 months, and for those with or without a disability following injury
| Variable and statistical test for comparisons | All % sample size=3028, apart from age and marital status (both N=3026), WHODAS (N=3027) and frailty (N=2806) |
Not injured in past 12 months (%) Sample size=2796, apart from age, marital status (both N=2794), WHODAS (N=2795) and frailty (N=2607) |
Injured in past 12 months (%) Sample size=232, apart from frailty (N=199) |
Injured in past 12 months—no disability (%) sample size=127, apart from frailty (N=108) |
Injured in past 12 months and suffered a disability (%) sample size=105, apart from frailty (N=91) |
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| Median age (years) (IQR) | 52 (45–62) | 52 (45–62) | 50 (45–60) | 49 (44–61) | 51 (45–58.5) | |
| Female sex (95% CI) | 50.3 (48.6 to 52.1) | 51.5 (49.7 to 53.4) | 36.2 (30.3 to 42.6) | 40.9 (32.8 to 49.6) | 30.5 (22.5 to 39.8) | |
| Marital status (95% CI) | Married/cohabiting | 75.7 (74.1 to 77.2) | 75.4 (73.8 to 77.0) | 78.4 (72.7 to 83.3) | 73.2 (64.9 to 80.2) | 84.8 (76.7 to 90.4) |
| Other | 24.3 (22.8 to 25.9) | 24.5 (23.0 to 26.2) | 21.6 (16.8 to 27.3) | 25.2 (19.8 to 35.1) | 15.2 (9.6 to 23.3) | |
| Socioeconomic status | Quintile 1 | 19.9 | 20.2 | 16.4 | 17.3 | 15.2 |
| Quintile 2 | 19.8 | 20.1 | 15.9 | 19.7 | 11.4 | |
| Quintile 3 | 20.0 | 19.8 | 22.4 | 19.7 | 25.7 | |
| Quintile 4 | 20.3 | 20.2 | 20.7 | 17.3 | 24.8 | |
| Quintile 5 | 20.0 | 19.6 | 24.6 | 26.0 | 22.9 | |
| What is the highest level of education you have completed? (95% CI) | No formal schooling | 84.4 (83.1 to 85.7) | 84.9 (83.5 to 86.2) | 78.4 (72.7 to 83.3) | 72.4 (64.1 to 79.5) | 85.7 (77.8 to 91.2) |
| Any schooling | 15.6 (14.3 to 16.9) | 15.1 (13.8 to 16.5) | 21.6 (16.8 to 27.3) | 27.6 (20.5 to 35.9) | 14.3 (8.9 to 22.2) | |
| Patient Health Questionnaire depression score (95% CI) | Normal or mild | 91.9 (90.9 to 92.9) | 92.0 (91.0 to 93.0) | 91.0 (86.6 to 94.0) | 90.6 (84.2 to 94.5) | 90.5 (84.5 to 95.4) |
| Moderate to severe* | 8.1 (7.1 to 9.1) | 8.0 (7.0 to 9.0) | 9.0 (6.0 to 13.4) | 9.4 (5.5 to 15.8) | 8.5 (4.6 to 15.5) | |
| Normalised WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (median score IQR) | 8.3 (2.1 to 22.9) | 8.3 (2.1 to 22.9) | 8.3 (2.1 to 25) | 8.3 (2.1 to 22.9) | 10.4 (2.1 to 27.1) | |
| Normalised WHO Quality of Life (median and IQR) | 59.4 (46.9 to 65.6) | 59.4 (46.9 to 59.4) | 56.3 (43.8 to 56.3) | 56.3 (46.9 to 62.5) | 56.3 (40.6 to 65.6) | |
| Generalised Anxiety Disorder score (95% CI) | Abnormal | 11.6 (10.5 to 12.8) | 10.6 (9.5 to 11.8) | 23.3 (18.3 to 29.1) | 22.0 (15.7 to 30.0) | 24.8 (17.5 to 33.8) |
| Normal | 88.4 (87.3 to 89.5) | 89.4 (88.2 to 90.5) | 76.7 (70.9 to 81.7) | 78.0 (70.7 to 84.3) | 75.2 (66.2 to 82.5) | |
| Fried Frailty Score (95% CI) | Robust | 45.3 (43.4 to 47.1) | 45.3 (43.4 to 47.2) | 44.7 (38.0 to 51.7) | 38.0 (29.4 to 47.4) | 52.7 (42.6 to 62.7) |
| Prefrail/Frail | 54.7 (52.9 to 56.6) | 54.7 (52.8 to 56.6) | 55.3 (48.3 to 62.0) | 62.0 (52.6 to 70.6) | 47.3 (37.3 to 57.4) | |
*Score of 10 or more.
WHODAS, WHO Disability Assessment Schedule.