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Table 1 Patient characteristics and clinical data measured 15 months after injury (n = 186)

From: Psychometric properties of questionnaires evaluating health-related quality of life and functional status in polytrauma patients with lower extremity injury

Gender n (%)

  
 

Male

139

(74.7)

 

Female

47

(25.3)

Age (years), mean ± SD (range)

38.4 ± 17.1

(17-87)

ISS mean ± SD (range)

24.5 ± 10.8

(16-66)

 

Missing

1

 

Number of Surgery mean ± SD (range)

2.6 ± 3.4

(0-32)

 

Missing

3

 

Length of stay (days), mean ± SD (range)

  
 

Intensive Care Unit

6.7 ± 14.2

(0-123)

 

Hospital

27.9 ± 24.2

(1-153)

Discharge destination n (%)

  
 

Home

126

(67.7)

 

Rehabilitation Institution or Care Home

60

(32.3)

Co-morbidity n (%)

  
 

None

91

(48.9)

 

One or more

92

(49.5)

 

Missing

3

 

Pain 1mean ± SD (range)

3.0 ± 1.3

(1-6)

  1. * n = number; SD = standard deviation; ISS = Injury Severity Score.
  2. 1 Pain, range 1 - 6 (1 indicating no pain, 6 indicating extreme pain).