Table 5 Clinical characteristics of study participants (n = 306)
Category | Variable | TOTAL (n = 306) | MRHT (Pre-pandemic) n = 41 | UHL (Containment) n = 57 | SVUH (Level 2) n = 77 | SJUH (Level 5) n = 67 | UHK (Level 3) n = 64 | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Presenting Complainta | Musculoskeletal | 24% | 24% | 19% | 22% | 24% | 28% | 0.01 |
Cardiovascular | 16% | 12% | 21% | 20% | 13% | 11% | ||
Gastroenterological | 13% | 2% | 19% | 17% | 9% | 14% | ||
Trauma | 13% | 22% | 5% | 9% | 19% | 11% | ||
Duration of Complaint | < 1 day | 38% | 42% | 28% | 39% | 37% | 42% | 0.674 |
1–2 days | 9% | 12% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 8% | ||
3–7 days | 15% | 10% | 21% | 17% | 9% | 17% | ||
> 7 days | 38% | 37% | 39% | 36% | 46% | 33% | ||
Worry Scale 1–10 | Median | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0.01 |
IQR | 5–8 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 7–10 | 5–8 | ||
Pain Scale 1–10 | Median | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0.386 |
IQR | 3–8 | 4–9 | 3–8 | 2–8 | 4–8 | 3–7 | ||
Triage Category | Very Urgent | 20% | 10% | 28% | 30% | 25% | 0% | 0.001 |
Urgent | 55% | 49% | 61% | 44% | 49% | 74% | ||
Standard | 23% | 37% | 9% | 25% | 25% | 25% | ||
Non-Urgent | 2% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 2% | ||
Length of Stay (LOS) | Median (h) | 5.4 | 3.5 | 7.3 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 0.01 |
IQR | 2.6–8.6 | 2.3–7.1 | 4.2–11.2 | 2.5–6.9 | 3.2–8.2 | 1.9–10.1 | ||
Range | 0.0–67.1 | 0.5–12.5 | 0.3–67.1 | 0.0–14.4 | 1.1–19.2 | 0.2–19.4 | ||
< 1 h | 6% | 2% | 4% | 12% | 0% | 10% | ||
1-2 h | 9% | 15% | 4% | 7% | 5% | 14% | ||
2-4 h | 23% | 34% | 14% | 23% | 26% | 22% | ||
4-8 h | 33% | 27% | 33% | 43% | 42% | 19% | ||
8-16 h | 25% | 20% | 37% | 16% | 23% | 29% | ||
16-24 h | 4% | 2% | 7% | 0% | 4% | 6% | ||
> 24 h | < 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | ||
Disposition | Admitted | 32% | 26% | 33% | 29% | 36% | 37% | 0.591 |
Discharged | 65% | 71% | 60% | 70% | 65% | 61% | ||
Did Not Wait | 2% | 3% | 5% | 1% | 0% | 2% | ||
Transferred | < 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% |