Research Article

Predicting Discharge Location among Low-Energy Hip Fracture Patients Using the Score for Trauma Triage in the Geriatric and Middle-Aged (STTGMA)

Table 3

Summary of the injury, health, and functional status variables utilized to calculate STTGMA scores.

Injury Status

Glasgow Coma ScaleAIS Head/Neck

GCS 15380 (93.1%)AIS 0394 (96.6%)
GCS 1417 (4.2%)AIS 112 (2.9%)
GCS 135 (1.2%)AIS 21 (0.2%)
GCS 122 (0.5%)AIS 31 (0.2%)
GCS 112 (0.5%)Mean ±SD0.04 ± 0.24
GCS 61 (0.2%)
GCS 51 (0.2%)
Mean ± SD14.85 ± 0.80

AIS Chest

AIS 0396 (97.1%)
AIS 111 (2.7%)
AIS 21 (0.2%)
Mean ± SD0.03 ± 0.19

Health Status

Charlson Comorbidity IndexAge

0146 (35.8%)55-5917 (4.2%)
1108 (26.5%)60-6959 (14.5%)
280 (19.6%)70-7987 (21.3%)
336 (8.8%)80-89151 (37.0%)
415 (3.7%)90-9993 (22.8%)
54 (1.0%)>1001 (0.2%)
613 (3.2%)Mean ± SD81.3 ± 10.6 years
74 (1.0%)
82 (0.5%)
Mean ± SD1.42 ± 1.62

Functional Status

Ambulatory Status

Community290 (71.1%)
Household91 (22.3%)
Non-ambulator27 (6.6%)