Health related quality of life in trauma patients. Data from a one-year follow up study compared with the general population

Table 2 Clinical variables

	ICU patients		Non-ICU patients
	n = 103	%/CI	n = 139	%/CI	p
Injury variables
Transport accident	65	63.1	97	69.8	0.275
Fall accident	22	21.4	27	19.4	0.711
Violence	5	4.9	2	1.4	^a
Sport/leisure time/accident/working/other	11	10.7	13	9.4	0.733
Trauma mechanism
Blunt trauma	100	97.1	137	98.6	0.426
Penetrating trauma	3	2.9	2	1.4
Most severe injury
Head, reference category	38	36.9	63	45.3
Thorax/abdomen	27	26.2	19	13.7	0.017
Extremities	16	15.5	26	18.7	0.958
Spine	20	19.4	19	13.7	0.141
Face/external	2	1.9	12	8.6	^a
Injury severity
Minor or moderate (ISS^b 1-8)	4	3.9	83	60.1	< 0.001
Serious (ISS 9-15)	24	23.3	39	28.3
Severe (ISS 16-24)	31	30.1	13	9.4
Critical (ISS > 24)	44	42.7	3	2.2
Serious head injury (AIS^c ≥ 3)	40	38.8	11	7.9	< 0.001
ASA^d score 1	78	75.7	114	82.0	0.490
ASA score 2	20	19.4	20	14.4
ASA score 3	5	4.9	3	3.6
GCS at arrival, mean and CI	12.4	11.7-13.2	14.7	14.4-14.9	< 0.001
Length of treatment
Length of stay OUS^f, days	10.9	9.0-12.8	2.8	2.0-3.6	< 0.001
Transferred to local hospitals	67	65.0	29	20.9	< 0.001
Discharged rehabilitation institution	24	23.3	4	2.9
Discharged home	12	11.7	106	76.3

^aToo few to compare, ^b ISS: Injury severity score, ^cAIS: Abbreviated injury scale, ^dASA:The American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification, ^eGCS: Glasgow coma scale, ^fOUS, Oslo University Hospital Ulleval