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Table 1 General characteristics of the patient population with regard to anamnestic psychiatric disorders

From: Psychiatric disorders and interventions in patients sustaining facial fractures from interpersonal violence

 

All patients

Patients with anamnestic psychiatric disorders

Patients without anamnestic psychiatric disorders

P-value

  

n

%

% of n

n

%

% of n

 

Patient-related

807

205

 

25.4

602

 

74.6

 

Age

       

0.454

 Average

34.86 (SD = 12.08)

35.14 (SD = 12.3)

  

34.76 (SD = 12.0)

   

 Median

32.23

33.12

  

32.09

   

 Interquartile range (IQR)

 

25.7; 42.2

  

25.0; 43.2

   

 Range

18.0; 87.4

18.0; 87.4

  

18.1; 77.7

   

Sex

       

0.003

 Male

722 (89.5)

172

83.9

23.8

550

91.4

76.2

 

 Female

85 (10.5)

33

16.1

38.8

52

8.6

61.2

 

History of substance abuse

       

 < 0.001

 Yes (alcohol and/or substance abuse)

252 (31.2)

123

60.0

48.8

129

21.4

51.2

 

 No

555 (68.8)

82

40.0

14.8

473

78.6

85.2

 

Assault-related

        

Perpetrator

       

0.082

 Known to the patient

216 (26.8)

66

32.2

30.6

150

24.9

69.4

 

 Stranger

419 (51.9)

103

50.2

24.6

316

52.5

75.4

 

 Not specified

172 (21.3)

36

17.6

20.9

136

22.6

79.1

 

Location

       

0.200

 Home/apartment

119 (14.7)

38

18.5

31.9

81

13.5

68.1

 

 Bar/indoor public space

247 (30.6)

54

26.3

21.9

193

32.1

78.1

 

 Street/Outdoors

252 (31.2)

62

30.2

24.6

190

31.6

75.4

 

 Not specified

189 (23.4)

51

24.9

27.0

138

22.9

73.0

 

Time of day

       

0.173

 Morning/Daytime (6–18)

94 (11.6)

25

12.2

26.6

69

11.5

73.4

 

 Evening (18–22)

133 (16.5)

40

19.5

30.1

93

15.4

69.9

 

 Night (22–6)

472 (58.5)

107

52.2

22.7

365

60.6

77.3

 

 Not specified

108 (13.4)

33

16.1

30.6

75

12.5

69.4

 

Assault mechanism

       

0.319

 Single hit

250 (31.0)

56

27.3

22.4

194

32.2

77.6

 

 Multiple hits/mechanism

464 (57.5)

127

62.0

27.3

337

56.0

72.6

 

 Not specified

93 (11.5)

22

10.7

23.7

71

11.8

76.3

 

Offensive weapon

116 (14.4)

41

20.0

35.3

75

12.5

64.7

0.008

 No

691 (85.6)

164

80.0

23.7

527

87.5

76.3

 

Fracture types

        

 Lower third

273 (33.8)

52

25.4

19.0

221

36.7

81.0

0.007

 Middle third

458 (56.8)

129

62.9

28.2

329

54.7

71.8

 

 Upper third

14 (1.7)

2

1.0

14.3

12

2.0

85.7

 

 Combination

62 (7.7)

22

10.7

35.5

40

6.6

64.5

 

Treatment

       

0.024

 Surgical

425 (52.7)

94

45.9

22.1

331

55.0

77.9

 

 Non-surgical

382 (47.3)

111

54.1

29.1

271

45.0

70.9

 

Associated injury

       

0.049

 Yes

123 (15.2)

40

19.5

32.5

83

13.8

67.5

 

 No

684 (84.8)

165

80.5

24.1

519

86.2

75.9

 
  1. Patient population n = 807, % is the column percentage (i.e., the percentage of patients within each group with the given characteristic); '% of n' is the row percentage (i.e., the distribution of patients with the given characteristic between the two groups)