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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Fascia iliaca compartment block as a preoperative analgesic in elderly patients with hip fractures – effects on cognition

Description

Intervention group (n = 66)

Control group (n = 61)

p-value

Age, years

  

0.84

 mean (SD)

84.6 (6.7)

84.9 (7.7)

 

 median (min; max)

85 (68; 99)

86 (65; 97)

 

Gender, n (%)

  

0.78

 Female

45 (68.2)

43 (70.5)

 

 Male

21 (31.8)

18 (29.5)

 

ASA score, n (%)

  

0.55

 1

1 (1.5)

3 (4.9)

 

 2

30 (45.5)

27 (44.3)

 

 3 & 4

35 (53.0)

31 (50.8)

 

Type of fracture, n (%)

  

0.88

 Cervical

33 (50.0)

29 (47.5)

 

 Trochanteric

29 (43.9)

29 (47.5)

 

 Sub-trochanteric

4 (6.1)

3 (4.9)

 

Prehospital analgesia, n (%)

56 (84.8)

51 (83.6)

0.66

Prehospital morphine in mg,

  

0.99

 mean (SD)

6.2 (4.7)

5.7 (3.5)

 

 median (min; max)

5 (0; 25)

5 (0; 15)

 

Diagnosis of dementia prior to enrolment, n (%)

23 (34.8)

26 (42.6)

0.37

Hours from FICB to second SPMSQ score, mean (SD)

33 (13)

33 (12)

0.696