Date of admission Date of admission Date of admission Date of admission
Variable 11-31 March (n=140) April (n=229) May (n=169) 1-10 June (n=57) p
Sex
Female
49 (35.0)
102 (44.5)
88 (52.1)
30 (52.6)
0.015
Male
91 (65.0)
127 (55.5)
81 (47.9)
27 (47.4)
Age (month) 42.0 [25.0 – 74.5] 36.0 [21.0 – 69.0] 33.0 [18.0 – 66.0] 33.0 [17.0 – 72.0] 0.023
Age
≤5 years
90 (64.3)
161 (70.3)
124 (73.4)
41 (71.9)
0.362
>5 years
50 (35.7)
68 (29.7)
45 (26.6)
16 (28.1)
Time of admission
08:00 - 16:00
43 (31.4)
57 (25.3)
63 (37.5)
18 (31.6)
0.029
16:00 - 24:00
81 (59.1)
143 (63.6)
77 (45.8)
33 (57.9)
24:00 - 08:00
13 (9.5)
25 (11.1)
28 (16.7)
6 (10.5)
Admission status
Referred
22 (16.1)
37 (16.3)
34 (20.1)
16 (28.1)
0.169
Direct admission
115 (83.9)
190 (83.7)
135 (79.9)
41 (71.9)
Type of admission
Self-presented
133 (95.0)
214 (93.9)
154 (91.7)
57 (100.0)
0.100
EMS
7 (5.0)
14 (6.1)
14 (8.3)
0 (0.0)
Time to hospital admission
1 hour
73 (57.9)
120 (58.5)
80 (49.1)
37 (64.9)
0.094
1-3 hours
26 (20.6)
44 (21.5)
49 (30.1)
7 (12.3)
3-6 hours
8 (6.3)
16 (7.8)
15 (9.2)
3 (5.3)
6-12 hours
8 (6.3)
9 (4.4)
3 (1.8)
6 (10.5)
>12 hours
11 (8.7)
16 (7.8)
16 (9.8)
4 (7.0)
Main clinical presentation
Falls
91 (65.0)
154 (67.2)
118 (69.8)
42 (73.7)
0.414
Poisoning - drugs
7 (5.0)
3 (1.3)
6 (3.6)
1 (1.8)
Poisoning - other
2 (1.4)
0 (0.0)
2 (1.2)
0 (0.0)
Ingestion of corrosives
2 (1.4)
2 (0.9)
4 (2.4)
0 (0.0)
Respiratory foreign body
1 (0.7)
1 (0.4)
3 (1.8)
0 (0.0)
Esophageal foreign body
0 (0.0)
2 (0.9)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
Gastrointestinal foreign body
2 (1.4)
5 (2.2)
0 (0.0)
1 (1.8)
Penetrating stab injury
11 (7.9)
27 (11.8)
14 (8.3)
3 (5.3)
Others
24 (17.1)
35 (15.3)
22 (13.0)
10 (17.5)