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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2021 Aug 28;268:532–539. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.07.029

Table 2.

Characteristics of patients treated by trial participants, stratified by exposure and period

Control Digital Behavior Change Interventions

Pre-trial (n=113) Post-trial (n=156) Pre-trial (n=154) Post-trial (n=134)
Age – years (mean [SD]) 80(11.3) 81 (9.4) 79 (13.0) 79 (10.8)
Sex – male (n, %) 52 (46) 82 (53) 66 (43) 73 (54)
Race (n, %)
 White 89 (79) 133 (85) 131 (85) 105 (78)
 Black 11 (10) 8 (5) 7 (5) 11 (8)
 Asian 6 (5) 5 (3) 9 (6) 7 (5)
 Hispanic 4 (4) 5 (3) 0 (0) 6 (4)
 Native American, Pacific Islander 0 (0) 1 (0.6) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Other 3 (3) 4 (3) 7 (5) 5 (4)
Number of comorbidities, median (IQR) 3 (1–6) 4 (2–5) 4 (3–6) 4 (2–6)
Selected comorbidities
 Congestive heart failure 25 (22) 28 (18) 21 (14) 17 (13)
 Cardiac arrhythmias 41 (36) 59 (38) 56 (36) 39 (29)
 Renal failure 25 (22) 30 (19) 38 (25) 25 (19)
 Liver disease 2 (2) 8 (5) 8 (5) 3 (2)
 Lymphoma 2 (2) 3 (2) 3 (2) 1 (1)
 Metastatic cancer 2 (2) 2 (1) 4 (3) 4 (3)
 Solid tumor without metastasis 7 (6) 7 (4) 4 (3) 4 (3)
 Coagulopathy 20 (18) 14 (9) 19 (12) 15 (11)
 Weight loss 11 (10) 16 (10) 16 (10) 16 (12)
 Fluid/electrolyte disorders 34 (30) 58 (37) 69 (45) 55 (41)
ISS (median, IQR) 16 (16–20) 17 (16–17) 16 (16–17) 16 (16–17)
Injury patterns
 AIS head≥3 (n, %) 88 (78) 122 (78) 120 (78) 107 (80)
 AIS face≥3 (n, %) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1)
 AIS chest≥ 3 (n, %) 3 (3) 7 (4) 7 (5) 3 (2)
 AIS abdomen≥3 (n, %) 2 (2) 1 (1) 5 (3) 0 (0)
 AIS extremities/pelvis ≥3 (n, %) 5 (4) 8 (4) 12 (8) 3 (2)
 AIS external≥3 (n, %) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1) 0 (0)