Patterns and Predictors of Timely Presentation and Outcomes of Polytrauma Patients Referred to the Emergency Department of a Tertiary Hospital in Tanzania

Table 3

Factors associated with timely presentation of referral polytrauma patients who presented to the EMD-MNH, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Variables	Timely (N = 55)	Delayed (N = 65)	RR (95% CI)
Age groups
18–33 years	32 (44.4)	40 (55.6)	0.9 (0.6–1.4)
>33 years	23 (47.9)	25 (52.1)
Glasgow Coma Scale ≤8	18 (46.2)	21 (53.8)	1.0 (0.7–1.5)
Time of injury night	33 (50.8)	32 (49.2)	1.3 (0.8–1.9)
Needed intervention at EMD	34 (50.0)	34 (50.0)	1.2 (0.8–1.9)
ISS
Critical (≥25)	39 (47.6)	43 (52.4)	1.1 (0.7–1.7)
Severe (16–24)	16 (42.1)	22 (57.9)
Location of injury
Public place	50 (43.9)	64 (56.1)	0.5 (0.3–0.8)
Work	5 (83.3)	1 (16.7)
Distance between facilities
<8 km	36 (54.5)	30 (45.5)	1.6 (1.1–2.4)
≥8 km	19 (35.2)	35 (64.8)
Level of referring facility
Regional hospital	17 (36.2)	30 (63.8)	2.0 (0.9–4.3)
District hospital	34 (53.1)	30 (46.9)
Level II private	4 (44.4)	5 (55.6)