Fall-Related Emergency Department Admission: Fall Environment and Settings and Related Injury Patterns in 6357 Patients with Special Emphasis on the Elderly

Table 1

Patients characteristics.

	𝑁 (%)	𝑁 (%)	𝑁 (%)	𝑃 value
	Total	<75	>75
Demography
Number	6357 (100)	1400 (22)	4957 (78)
Mean age (range)	50.9 (16–100)	43.6 (16–74)	82.5 (75–100)
Men/women	3654/2702 (57.5/42.5)	3042 (61.4)/1914 (38.6)	612 (43.7)/788 (56.3)	0.0001
Fall Environment/setting
Home	2239 (35.2)	1523 (30.7)	716 (51.1)	0.0001
Public space	1006 (15.8)	925 (18.8)	81 (5.8)	0.0001
Sport	1160 (18.2)	1021 (20.6)	139 (9.9)	0.0001
Work	445 (7.0)	397 (8.0)	48 (3.4)	0.0001
Intoxication	497 (7.8)	460 (9.2)	37 (2.6)	0.0001
Medical condition	877 (13.8)	534 (10.8)	343 (24.5)	0.0001
Others	133 (2.1)	97 (2.0)	36 (2.5)	0.0001
Type of Injury
Contusion	1498 (26.9)	1235 (24.9)	263 (18.8)	0.0001
Flesh wound	798 (14.2)	615 (12.4)	183 (13.1)	0.52
Distorsion	179 (3.2)	174 (3.5)	5 (0.4)	0.006
Luxation	85 (1.5)	69 (1.4)	16 (1.1)	0.59
Fracture	1703 (30.5)	1275 (25.7)	428 (30.6)	0.0001
Mild traumatic brain injury	1174 (21.0)	843 (17.0)	331 (23.6)	0.0001
Severe traumatic brain injury	142 (2.5)	93 (1.9)	49 (3.5)	0.001
Multiple injury	780 (12.3)	653 (13.2)	127 (8.9)	0.0001
Severe Injury	922 (14.5)	746 (15.0)	176 (12.4)	0.014
Anticoagulation	1083 (17.0)	589 (11.8)	494 (35.3)	0.0001
Hospitalisation
Hospitalisation rate	3650 (57.4)	1557 (31.4)	823 (58.8)	0.0001
Mean hospitalisation duration (days)	6 (1–132)	8 (1–132)	10 (1–115)	0.001
In-hospital mortality	262 (4.1)	126 (2.5)	136 (9.7)	0.0001
Recurrent fall	509 (9.6)	409 (8.3)	200 (14.3)	0.0001