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Table 3 Pre-hospital and in-hospital predictors of 24 h mortality

From: 24 h mortality and its predictors among road traffic accident victims in a resource limited setting; a multicenter cohort study

 

Bivariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Variable

Number of deaths (%)

cRR (95%CI)

p-value

aRR (95%CI)

p-value

Pre-hospital

Time to hospital in minutes

 ≤ 90

13 (41.9)

1.00

   

 > 90

18 (58.1)

1.23(0.573–2.679)

0.586

  

Age in yrs

 ≤ 14

4(12.9)

1.00

   

 15–45

25(80.6)

0.919(0.290–2.918)

0.886

  

 ≥ 46

2(6.5)

0.417(0.069–2.516)

0.340

  

Mechanism of injury

 Motor vehicle

21(67.7)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Motorcycle

10 (32.3)

0.176(0.077–0.402)

<0.001

0.517(0.157–1.701)

0.277

 Bicycle

0 (0.0)

N/A

   

Sex

 Female

5 (16.1)

1.00

   

 Male

26 (83.9)

1.19(0.42–3.39)

0.74

  

Road user category

 Motorcyclist

21 (67.7)

1.00

   

 Vehicle driver

0 (0.0)

N/A

0.999

  

 Motor cycle Passenger

2 (6.5)

0.252(0.056–1.138)

0.073

0.153(0.016–1.449)

0.102

 Motor Vehicle Passenger

0 (0.0)

N/A

   

Pedestrian

8 (25.8)

0.548(0.227–1.323)

0.181

0.169(0.04–0.720)

0.016

 Bicyclist

0 (0.0)

N/A

0.999

  

In-hospital

Time to First Aid

 < 10.2 Minutes

22 (70.9)

1.00

   

 ≥ 10.2 Minutes

9 (29.0)

0.643(0.280–1.4760

0.298

  

KTS II Severity score

 Severe

23 (74.2)

1.00

 

1.00

 

Moderate

8 (25.8)

0.049(0.018–0.136)

< 0.001

0.064(0.019–0.210)

< 0.001

 Mild

0 (0.0)

N/A

   

Medical worker

 Specialist

3 (9.7)

1.00

   

 SHO

11 (35.5)

2.01(0.492–8.211)

0.330

  

 Medical officer

7 (22.6)

0.60(0.140–2.572)

0.490

  

 Clinical officer

10 (32.3)

1.35(0.330–5.514)

0.680

  

 Nurse

0 (0.0)

N/A

0.999

  

Trauma training

 Yes

14 (45.2)

1.00

   

 No

17 (54.8)

0.72(0.334–1.554)

0.403

  

Type of Injury

 Blunt Injury

19 (61.3)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Superficial Injury

6 (19.4)

0.654(0.235–1.819)

0.416

0.331(0.081–1.357)

0.124

 Penetrating Injury

6 (19.4)

0.195(0.074–0.516)

0.001

0.541(0.154–1.903)

0.338

  1. CI Confidence interval, cOR Crude odds ratio, aOR Adjusted odds ratio