Table 1 Patient characteristics and outcomes
| Â | Died post discharge (n = 54) | Not included in follow up (n = 150) | Included in follow up (n = 133) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-injury frailty | 32 (64%) | 55 (37%) | 21 (16%) | < 0.01 |
Age^ | 83.0 (7.8) | 80.3 (8.3) | 77.7 (7.5) | < 0.01** |
Female | 32 (59%) | 80 (53%) | 69 (52%) | 0.85 |
Predominant mechanisms of injury: | Â | Â | Â | 0.01 |
Fall < 2Â m | 38 (70%) | 77 (51%) | 72 (54%) | Â |
Fall ≥ 2 m | 12 (22%) | 42 (28%) | 19 (14%) | |
Vehicular incident | 2 (4%) | 24 (16%) | 34 (26%) | |
Admission GCS^ | 15 (14–15) | 15 (14–15) | 15 (15–15) | 0.07 |
Injury Severity Score~ | 13 (9–20) | 13 (9–20) | 13 (9–17) | 0.63 |
Critical care admission | 6 (13%) | 29 (22%) | 18 (16%) | 0.27 |
Hospital LOS (days)~ | 17 (7–27) | 14 (5–20) | 10 (4–18) | 0.02* |
Pre-injury residential status: | Â | Â | Â | 0.29 |
Own accommodation | 47 (87%) | 136 (91%) | 126 (96%) | Â |
Residential care | 5 (5%) | 13 (9%) | 5 (4%) | |
Warden controlled accommodation | 2 (4%) | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | |
Discharge to home | 30 (56%) | 105 (70%) | 102 (77%) | < 0.01 |
Discharge Eq. 5D VAS^ | 53.9 (24.1) | 59.1 (23.0) | 61.8 (20.0) | 0.16 |