@article{ref1,
title="The role of sociodemographics in the occurrence of orthopaedic trauma",
journal="Injury",
year="2019",
author="Sheridan, Elizabeth and Wiseman, Jessica M. and Malik, Azeem Tariq and Pan, Xueliang and Quatman, Carmen E. and Santry, Heena P. and Phieffer, Laura S.",
volume="50",
number="7",
pages="1288-1292",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: We sought to determine the effects of sociodemographic factors on the occurrence of orthopaedic injuries in an adult population presenting to a level 1 trauma center. <br><br>MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a retrospective chart review of patients who received orthopaedic trauma care at a level 1 academic trauma center. <br><br>RESULTS: 20,919 orthopaedic trauma injury cases were treated at an academic level 1 trauma center between 01 January 1993 and 27 August 2017. Following application of inclusion/exclusion criteria, a total of 14,654 patients were retrieved for analysis. Out of 14,654 patients, 4602 (31.4%) belonged to low socioeconomic status (SES), 4961 (32.0%) to middle SES and 5361 (36.6%) to high SES. Following adjustment for age, sex, race, insurance status and injury severity score (ISS), patients belonging to middle SES vs. low SES (OR 0.77 [95% CI 0.63-0.94]; p = 0.009) or high SES vs. low SES (OR 0.77 [95% CI 0.62-0.95]; p = 0.016) had lower odds of receiving a penetrating injury as compared to a blunt injury. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The results from this study indicate that a link exists between sociodemographic factors and the occurrence of orthopaedic injuries presenting to a level 1 trauma center. The most common cause of injury varied within age groups, by sex, and within the different socioeconomic groups.<br><br>Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-1383",
doi="10.1016/j.injury.2019.05.018",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2019.05.018"
}