Table 1 Characteristics of the hip fracture patients before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
From: The process of hip fracture management before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
Variable | Pre-pandemic period (2019.02.20 to 2020.02.19) N = 199 | Pandemic period (2020.02.20 to 2021.11.21) 435 | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age [mean (SD)] | 72.3 (10.92) | 73 (10.9) | 0.45 | ||
Sex Female (%) | 114 (57.3%) | 235 (54%) | 0.44 | ||
Fracture site (%) | 0.91 | ||||
Neck of femur | 95 (47.7%) | 161 (37%) | |||
Intertrochanteric | 87 (43.7%) | 225 (51.7%) | |||
Subtrochanteric | 6 (3%) | 22 (5.1%) | |||
Neck of femur & Intertrochanteric | 6 (3%) | 10 (2.3%) | |||
Intertrochanteric & Subtrochanteric | 5 (2.5%) | 17 (3.9%) | |||
Cause of fracture (%) | 0.26 | ||||
Same level fall | 152 (76.4%) | 353 (81.1%) | |||
Upper-level fall | 27 (13.6%) | 57 (13.1%) | |||
Trauma | 12 (6%) | 16 (3.7%) | |||
No history of trauma | 8 (4%) | 9 (2.1%) | |||
Place of residence (%) Tehran | 181 (91%) | 399 (91.7%) | 0.68 | ||
COVID-19 based on PCR diagnostic test (%) | – | 10 (2.3%) | – | ||
Comorbidityc (%) | 94 (47.2%) | 226 (52%) | 0.27 | ||
Patients who underwent surgery (%) | Â | 158 (79.4%) | 369 (84.8%) | 0.13 | |