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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Demographic, clinical, and job-related characteristics of the study participants

From: Are work return and leaves of absence predictable after an unstable pelvic ring injury?

Variables

Gender

 Female

18 (36.0)

 Male

32 (64.0)

Age at surgery (years)

46.3 ± 12.6

Time from trauma to definitive surgery (days)

11 (6; 15)

Follow-up period (months)

38.5 (18; 60)

Type of fracture

 B

12 (24.0)

 C

38 (76.0)

Polytrauma (ISS >15)

 No

36 (72.0)

 Yes

14 (28.0)

ASA classification score

 0–1

40 (80.0)

 2–3

10 (20.0)

ICU admission

 No

18 (36.0)

 Yes

32 (64.0)

Sedentary worker

 No

25 (50.0)

 Yes

25 (50.0)

Job sector

 Private

40 (80.0)

 Public

10 (20.0)

Resumption of the previous job

 No

12 (24.0)

 Yes

38 (76.0)

Maintenance of the same job tasksa

 No

17 (46.0)

 Yes

20 (54.0)

Time to get back to work (days)a

195 (150; 300)

  1. Data are presented as N (%), mean ± standard deviation, or median (p25; p75)
  2. ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification; ICU intensive care unit
  3. aOf the 38 patients who resumed their previous job, information regarding maintenance of the same job tasks was not available for one patient