Table 2 Percentage distribution of characteristics of participants reporting pain or discomfort due to injury or crash with various diagnoses
From: Causes, trends and severity of musculoskeletal injuries in Ghana
Diagnosis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables (N = 269) | Fracture (n = 132) | Arthritis (n = 32) | Dislocation (n = 27) | Back pain (n = 40) | Ligament injury (n = 18) | Amputation (n = 6) | Tendon injury (n = 14) | Total (%) |
Males | 79 (59.8%) | 6 (18.8%) | 13 (48.1%) | 21 (52.5%) | 8 (44.4%) | 4(66.7%) | 6(42.9%) | 137 (50.9%) |
Females | 53 (40.2%) | 26 (81.3%) | 14 (51.9%) | 19 (47.5%) | 10 (55.6%) | 2(33.3%) | 8(57.1%) | 132 (49.0%) |
Age | ||||||||
< 5 | - | - | - | - | 12(66.7) | - | 1(7.1) | 13 (4.83) |
5–19 | 18 (13.6) | 2 (6.25) | 7 (25.9) | 4 (10.0) | 3 (16.7) | - | - | 34 (12.6) |
19–25 | 13 (9.8) | 1 (3.1) | 5 (18.5) | 10 (25.0) | 3 (16.7) | - | - | 32 (11.9) |
25–40 | 34 (25.8) | 9 (28.1) | 3(11.1) | 9 (22.5) | - | 2 | - | 57 (21.2) |
40–60 | 51 (38.6) | 16(50.0) | 8 (29.6) | 13 (32.5) | - | 2 | 9(64.3) | 99 (36.8) |
> 60 | 16 (12.1) | 4 (12.5) | 4 (14.8) | 4 (10.0) | - | 2 | 4(28.6) | 34 (12.6) |
Marital status (%) | ||||||||
Single | 48 (36.4) | 6 (18.8) | 13 (48.1) | 14 (35.0) | 18 (100.0) | - | 1 (7.1) | 100 (37.2) |
Married | 70 (53.0) | 20 (62.5) | 10 (37.0) | 26 (65.0) | - | 6 (100.0) | 7 (50.0) | 139 (51.7) |
Separated | 2 (1.5) | - | - | - | - | - | 2 (14.3) | 4 (1.5) |
Divorced | 10 (7.6) | 4 (12.5) | 2 (7.4) | - | - | - | 2 (14.3) | 18 (6.7) |
Widowed | 2 (1.5) | 2 (6.3) | 2 (7.4) | - | - | - | 2 (14.3) | 8 (3.0) |