Age (years), mean (SD) | 79.2 (7.9) | 77.7 (0.8) | 84.0 (1.7) | <0.001 |
Female sex, n (%) | 50 (51.5) | 40 (52.6) | 10 (43.5) | 0.48 |
ISS, median (IQR) | 9 (4–14) | 9 (4–14) | 9 (4.5–10) | 0.93 |
Primary injury, n (%) | | | | |
Rib fracture | 29 (29) | 22 (29) | 7 (30) | 0.68 |
Other fracture | 22 (22) | 16 (21) | 6 (26) |
Head injury | 21 (21) | 16 (21) | 5 (22) |
Other traumatic injury | 18 (18) | 16 (21) | 2 (9) |
No injury* | 9 (9) | 6 (8) | 3 (13) |
From RACF (nursing home), n (%) | 14 (14) | 9 (12) | 5 (22) | 0.30 |
Baseline frailty | | | | |
CFS, median (IQR) | 4 (3–6) | 3 (3–5) | 6 (5–6) | <0.001 |
Proportion frail†, n (%) | 44 (45) | 25 (33) | 19 (83) | <0.001 |
History of dementia‡ | 16 (16) | 5 (7) | 11 (48) | <0.001 |
Outcomes |
LOS | | | | |
Median (IQR) | 6 (2–16) | 4 (1–10.5) | 17 (6–27) | <0.001 |
Long LOS§, n (%) | 25 (25.25) | 13 (17.1) | 12 (52.2) | 0.001 |
Selected complications, n (%) | | | | |
Any complication | 29 (29) | 19 (25) | 10 (44) | 0.09 |
Cardiovascular | 16 (16) | 10 (13) | 6 (26) | 0.14 |
Respiratory | 9 (9) | 5 (7) | 4 (17) | 0.11 |
Venous thromboembolism | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.0 |
Pressure injury | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.0 |
Deconditioning | 5 (5) | 2 (3) | 3 (13) | 0.08 |
In-hospital death | 9 (9) | 6 (8) | 3 (13) | 0.43 |