Table 3 Injury profile.
Overall | TSCI | NTSCI | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Source of referral | 0.57 | |||
Tertiary hospital | 223 (62.82) | 140 (58.82) | 83 (71.55) | |
Regional hospital | 74 (20.85) | 60 (25.21) | 14 (12.07) | |
District hospital | 40 (11.27) | 28 (11.76) | 12 (10.34) | |
Home | 10 (2.82) | 6 (2.52) | 4 (3.45) | |
Other | 7 (1.97) | 4 (1.68) | 3 (2.59) | |
Time to admission | 0.00a | |||
Mean (SD) | 64.48 (59.78) | 60.39 (53.98) | 90.56 (72.02) | |
Median | 46 | 43 | 79 | |
Range | 1–369 | |||
Q1–Q3 | 25–76 | 44.25–116.5 | ||
Length of stay | 0.06 | |||
Mean (SD) | 85.59 (63.21) | 88.96 (63.57) | 77.91 (61.73) | |
Median | 72 | 73 | 66 | |
Range | 5–388 | |||
Q1–Q3 | 46–113 | 29–109 | ||
HIV status, n (%) | 216 | 133 | 83 | 0.00a |
Positive | 65 (30.09) | 21 (15.79) | 44 (53.01) | |
Negative | 151 (69.91) | 112 (84.21) | 39 (46.99) | |
Comorbidities, n (%) | 332 | 219 | 113 | 0.00a |
Yes | 89 (26.81) | 20 (9.13) | 69 (61.06) | |
No | 243 (73.19) | 199 (90.87) | 44 (38.94) | |
Vertebral fracture, n (%) | 332 | 226 | 106 | 0.00a |
Yes | 256 (77.11) | 211 (93.4) | 45 (42.5) | |
No | 76 (22.89) | 15 (6.6) | 61 (57.5) | |
Spinal surgery, n (%) | 346 | 230 | 116 | 0.00a |
Yes | 154 (44.51) | 141 (61.30) | 51 (43.97) | |
No | 192 (55.49) | 89 (38.70) | 65 (56.03) | |
Associated injury, n (%) | 307 | 194 | 113 | 0.00a,b |
Yes | 85 (27.69) | 85 (43.82) | N/A | |
No | 222 (72.31) | 109 (56.28) | 113 | |
