Table 1 Demographic data of patients (n = 137) across hospitals
Characteristics | Â | Hospital 1 | Hospital 2 | Hospital 3 | Hospital 4 | Hospital 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Sample size | Â | 28 (20.4) | 25 (18.2) | 14 (10.2) | 47 (34.3) | 23 (16.8) |
Age | mean (SD) | 42.2 (18.9) | 34.4 (18.3) | 27.4 (7.3) | 36.1 (15.4) | 34.7 (16.4) |
Sex | Male | 12 (43) | 9 (36) | 2 (21) | 28 (60) | 6 (26) |
Female | 16 (57) | 16 (64) | 12 (79) | 19 (40) | 17 (74) | |
Referring department | Cardiorespiratory | 0 | 1 (4.0) | 3 (21.4) | 8 (17.0) | 2 (8.7) |
General surgery | 13 (46,4) | 13 (52.0) | 2 (14.3) | 21 (44.7) | 3 (13.0) | |
Medical | 7 (25.0) | 2 (8.0) | 0 | 4 (8.5) | 4 (17.4) | |
Neurological | 0 | 0 | 1 (7.1) | 9 (19.1) | 3 (13.0) | |
Obstetrics & gynaecology | 7 (25.0) | 9 (36.0) | 8 (57.1) | 5 (10.6) | 6 (26.1) | |
Orthopaedics | 1 (3.6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (21.7) | |
Location before admission | Another hospital | 1 (3.6) | 0 | 5 (35.7) | 8 (17.0) | 3 (13.0) |
Casualty | 6 (21.4) | 0 | 0 | 4 (8.5) | 6 (26.1) | |
General ward | 7 (25.0) | 5 (20.0) | 2 (14.3) | 4 (8.5) | 3 (13) | |
Labour ward | 3 (10.7) | 0 | 0 | 2 (4.3) | 2 (8.7) | |
Operating theatre | 11 (39.3) | 20 (80.0) | 7 (50.0) | 29 (61.7) | 9 (39.1) |