Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 3 Comparison between the two trauma centers
From: 48 h for femur fracture treatment: are we choosing the wrong quality index?
Trauma center I | Trauma center II | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 516 | 144 | |
Age (years) | 83.6 (75.3–89.9) | 83.9 (76.3–91.5) | 0.150 |
Female (%) | 74.2 | 77 | 0.485 |
Male (%) | 25.8 | 23 | |
BMI (kg/m2) | 23.7 (19.5–27.9) | 23.6 (18.7–28.5) | 0.878 |
Fracture type (%) | |||
Basicervical | 8.8 | 8.3 | |
Mediocervical | 16.7 | 18.7 | 0.037 |
Subtrochanteric | 58.5 | 47.3 | |
Pertrochanteric | 16 | 25.7 | |
Medial fracture (%) | 42.7 | 52.7 | 0.032 |
ASA 1–2 (%) | 47.4 | 36.2 | 0.215 |
ASA 3–5 (%) | 52.6 | 63.8 | |
Treatment within 48 h (%) | 53 | 39 | 0.002 |
Time from surgery to physiotherapy start (days) | 2.39 (0.15–4.63) | 2.32 (0.10–4.54) | 0.838 |
Time from surgery to first walking day (days) | 5.94 (2.39–9.49) | 5.81 (2.02–9.6) | 0.846 |
Able to walk during hospitalization (%) | 77.3 | 83.5 | 0.185 |
Hospitalization time (days) | 13 (5.9–20.1) | 18 (2.4–33.6) | 0.001 |