Table 2 Comparison of orthopaedic trauma patients followed-up at 12-months and patients lost to follow-up
From: Comparison of measures of comorbidity for predicting disability 12-months post-injury
Population characteristic | Followed-up (n = 13,519) | Lost to follow-up (n = 1,952) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age group | 15-24 years | 1704 (12.6) | 356 (18.2) |
25-34 years | 1672 (12.4) | 404 (20.7) | |
35-44 years | 1694 (12.5) | 301 (15.4) | |
45-54 years | 1655 (12.2) | 220 (11.3) | |
55-64 years | 1577 (11.7) | 199 (10.2) | |
65-74 years | 1480 (10.9) | 157 (8.0) | |
75-84 years | 2071 (15.3) | 200 (10.3) | |
85+ years | 1666 (12.3) | 115 (5.9) | |
Gender | Male | 7361 (54.5) | 1204 (61.7) |
Female | 6158 (45.5) | 748 (38.3) | |
Mechanism of injury | Low fall (<1 m) | 5390 (39.9) | 613 (31.4) |
Motor vehicle | 1869 (13.8) | 339 (17.4) | |
High fall | 1816 (13.4) | 254 (13.0) | |
Motorcycle | 1349 (10.0) | 208 (10.7) | |
Pedestrian | 579 (4.3) | 122 (6.3) | |
Pedal cyclist | 616 (4.6) | 71 (3.6) | |
Collision with object or person | 505 (3.7) | 120 (6.1) | |
Other | 1395 (10.3) | 225 (11.5) | |
Injury group | Isolated lower extremity fracture | 5271 (39.0) | 701 (35.9) |
Isolated upper extremity fracture | 2809 (20.8) | 478 (24.5) | |
Spinal fractures only | 1741 (12.9) | 254 (13.0) | |
Multiple lower extremity fractures | 972 (7.2) | 123 (6.3) | |
Upper and lower extremity fractures | 620 (4.6) | 87 (4.5) | |
Soft tissue injury | 540 (4.0) | 94 (4.8) | |
Spine and lower extremity fractures | 465 (3.4) | 64 (3.3) | |
Multiple upper extremity fractures | 440 (3.3) | 69 (3.5) | |
Spine and upper extremity fracture | 431 (3.2) | 50 (2.6) | |
Spine, upper and lower extremity fractures | 230 (1.7) | 32 (1.6) | |
CCIa weight | 0 | 9801 (72.5) | 1489 (76.3) |
1 | 2681 (19.8) | 365 (18.7) | |
≥2 | 1037 (7.7) | 98 (5.0) | |
FCIb score | 0 | 10859 (80.3) | 1675 (85.8) |
1 | 1951 (14.4) | 212 (10.9) | |
≥2 | 709 (5.2) | 65 (3.3) | |
ICD-10c chapters | 0 | 3515 (26.0) | 554 (28.4) |
1 | 2949 (21.8) | 441 (22.6) | |
≥2 | 7055 (52.2) | 957 (49.0) | |
Haagsma conditions [7] | 0 | 8336 (61.7) | 1259 (64.5) |
1 | 3979 (29.4) | 594 (30.4) | |
≥2 | 1204 (8.9) | 99 (5.1) | |