Table 4 Circumstances for the 287 injuries treated at a department for hand surgery
Injury circumstances | Women n = 146 | Men n = 141 | Total n = 287 | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Place for injury | ||||
Outdoors | 58 (40%) | 37 (26%) | 95 (33%) | a 0.05 |
Home/indoors | 34 (23%) | 32 (23%) | 66 (23%) | a0.92 |
Carpentry/firewood handling | 5 (3%) | 29 (21%) | 34 (12%) | a < 0.01 |
Work | 0 | 12 (9%) | 12 (4%) | – |
Bus, car motor cycle | 7 (5%) | 5 (4%) | 12 (4%) | a0.61 |
Missing data | 42 (29%) | 26 (18%) | 68 (24%) | a0.07 |
Injury mechanism | ||||
Fall | 100 (68%) | 53 (38%) | 153 (54%) | a < 0.01 |
Cut or saw | 16 (11%) | 41 (29%) | 57 (20%) | a < 0.01 |
Crush or avulsion | 10 (7%) | 21 (15%) | 31 (11%) | a 0.04 |
Pull, punch, twist | 7 (5%) | 14 (10%) | 21 (7%) | a0.11 |
Traffic | 9 (6%) | 6 (4%) | 15 (5%) | a0.48 |
Bite | 4 (3%) | 6 (4%) | 10 (3%) | b0.49 |
Specific reason | ||||
Tripping/stumbling/slipping | 34 (23%) | 29 (21%) | 63 (22%) | a0.62 |
Power tool | 6 (4%) | 30 (21%) | 36 (13%) | a < 0.01 |
Animal | 11 (8%) | 14 (10%) | 25 (9%) | a0.49 |
Door/heavy object | 8 (5%) | 12 (9%) | 20 (7%) | a0.33 |
Glass/other sharp object | 8 (5%) | 8 (6%) | 16 (6%) | a0.94 |
Knife/axe/scissors | 5 (3%) | 9 (6%) | 14 (5%) | a0.26 |
Missing data | 74 (51%) | 39 (28%) | 113 (39%) | a < 0.01 |
Other injuries | ||||
Head (wound, contusion, fracture) | 15 (10%) | 10 (7%) | 25 (9%) | a0.36 |
Costal or vertebral fracture/compression | 2 (1%) | 5 (4%) | 7 (2%) | – |
Lower extremity fracture | 4 (3%) | 1 (1%) | 5 (2%) | – |