Table 2 Patient outcomes at 6 months post-injury by the external cause of injury.
Overall | Falls | Traffic accidents | Others (including unspecified) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mortality and complication rate | ||||
Number of subjectsa | 1198 | 909 | 227 | 62 |
Mortality, n (%) | 89 (7.4) | 70 (7.7) | 16 (7.0) | 3 (4.8) |
Complications, n (%) | 423 (36.4) | 328 (37.2) | 74 (34.1) | 21 (33.9) |
Respiratory impairment, n (%) | 81 (6.8) | 61 (6.8) | 16 (7.1) | 4 (6.5) |
Dysphagia, n (%) | 81 (6.8) | 64 (7.1) | 14 (6.2) | 3 (4.8) |
Deep venous thrombosis, n (%) | 20 (1.7) | 14 (1.6) | 5 (2.2) | 1 (1.6) |
Pulmonary embolism, n (%) | 6 (0.5) | 6 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Pneumonia, n (%) | 115 (9.7) | 93 (10.3) | 16 (7.1) | 6 (9.7) |
Urinary tract infection, n (%) | 110 (9.2) | 83 (9.2) | 17 (7.5) | 10 (16.1) |
Cerebral infarction, n (%) | 13 (1.1) | 10 (1.1) | 3 (1.3) | 0 (0) |
Myocardial infarction, n (%) | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Delirium, n (%) | 95 (8.0) | 72 (8.0) | 19 (8.4) | 4 (6.5) |
Walking independence rate | ||||
Number of subjectsb | 1057 | 795 | 206 | 56 |
Walking capacity: walking w/ or w/o a cane, n (%) | 768 (72.7) | 572 (71.9) | 155 (75.2) | 41 (73.2) |
Home-discharge rate | ||||
Number of subjectsc | 1,061 | 801 | 203 | 57 |
Returned to home, n (%) | 857 (81.5) | 650 (81.1) | 159 (78.3) | 48 (84.2) |
Admitted to a facility, n (%) | 61 (5.8) | 48 (6.0) | 11 (5.4) | 2 (3.5) |
In hospital, n (%) | 143 (13.6) | 103 (12.9) | 33 (16.2) | 7 (12.3) |
