Table 2 Characteristics of injures of study participants attending emergency outpatient department of Hawassa University compressive specialized hospital, Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia (n = 289)
Characteristics | Categories | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Duration of illness | < 1 week | 179 | 65.1 |
1–2 weeks | 55 | 20.0 | |
34 weeks | 32 | 11.6 | |
> 1 month | 9 | 3.3 | |
Location of head injury | Right lateral | 85 | 30.9 |
Left lateral | 86 | 31.3 | |
Frontal | 75 | 27.3 | |
Other site | 29 | 10.5 | |
Clinical presentation at time of admission | Shock | 55 | 20.0 |
Unconscious | 115 | 41.8 | |
Bleeding | 77 | 28.0 | |
Other | 28 | 10.2 | |
Length of stay in hospital | < 5 days | 108 | 39.3 |
1 week | 87 | 31.6 | |
2–4 weeks | 61 | 22.2 | |
5+ weeks | 19 | 6.9 | |
Duration of treatment | < 1 week | 123 | 44.7 |
1–5 weeks | 115 | 41.8 | |
6–10 weeks | 26 | 9.5 | |
10+ weeks | 11 | 4.0 |