Table 2.
Characteristics of children with SDH + child abuse codes recorded during their hospital stay
| 2018 (controls) | 2019 (controls) | 2020 (COVID-19) | p value in a chi-squared test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % (males) | n | % (males) | n | % (males) | ||
| (total = 154) | (total = 150) | (total = 138) | |||||
| Males/females | 87/67 | 56.5 | 106/44 | 70.7 | 90/48 | 65.2 | 0.034 |
| Sex ratio (males/females) | 1.3 | 2.4 | 1.9 | ||||
| Age (years) | |||||||
| 0 | 141 | 91.6 | 145 | 96.7 | 128 | 92.8 | 0.16 |
| 1 | 13 | 8.4 | 5 | 3.3 | 10 | 7.2 | NA |
| Age, median (range) (days) | 121 (50–359) | 108 (14–365) | 107 (25–360) | NA | |||
| Length of stay, median (days) | 13.9 | 14.1 | 15.6 | NA | |||
| Admission to an intensive care unit | 34 | 22.1 | 37 | 24.7 | 31 | 22.5 | 0.08 |
| Mortality | 7 | 4.5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3.6 | 0.9 |
Number of boys was significantly higher in all years. Data on the age in children older than 12 months and length of stay were not available. Exact data on age were only available for patients aged between 0 and 12 months
NA non-applicable