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Table 2 Process of hip fracture management 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

 

Number of hip fracture admitted per month

[median (IQR)]

18 (5)

20 (10)

0.124m

 

Duration of staying in the hospital-Day

[mean (SD)]

5.65 (3.55)

5.01 (3.36)

0.032i

 

Interval between admission to surgery-Day [median (IQR)]

3 (3)

2 (3)

< 0.001m

 

Number of hip fracture surgeries per month [median (IQR)]

14 (5)

16 (8)

0.68m

 

Number (%) of Surgical site infection of hip fractures u

5 (3.2%)

4 (1.1%)

0.14f

 

Number (%)

of re-surgery of hip fractures u

7 (4.4%)

11 (3%)

0.4c

 
  1. IQR: interquartile range. SD: standard deviation
  2. iIndependent Sample Test
  3. mMann-Whiney Test
  4. cChi-Square Test
  5. fFisher’s Exact Test
  6. uUp to two months after the first surgery