Table 1 Socio-demographic and baseline trauma characteristics of study respondents at Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, North East Ethiopia, 2022
Variables | Category | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 283 | 86.02 |
Female | 46 | 13.98 | |
Age | All | 32.89 ± 13.91 (Min:13, Max: 90) | |
Residency | Urban | 150 | 45.59 |
Rural | 179 | 54.41 | |
Vital Sign taken at arrival | Yes | 320 | 97.26 |
No | 9 | 2.74 | |
Level of Consciousness | Alert | 133 | 40.43 |
Verbally Responsive | 72 | 21.88 | |
Responsive for pain | 49 | 14.89 | |
Unconscious | 75 | 22.80 | |
GCS of Participants | 13–15 | 52 | 15.81 |
9–12 | 131 | 39.82 | |
< = 8 | 146 | 44.38 | |
Previous trauma history | Yes | 49 | 14.89 |
No | 280 | 85.11 | |
Comorbidities | Yes | 15 | 4.56 |
No | 314 | 95.44 | |
If “yes” types of comorbidities | Respiratory disease | 4 | 26.67 |
Cardiovascular disease | 7 | 46.67 | |
Neurological disease | 1 | 6.67 | |
Endocrine disease | 3 | 20 | |
Number of comorbidities | One | 5 | 33.33 |
Two or more | 10 | 66.67 | |