Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on road traffic collision injury patterns and severity in Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates

Table 2 Severity markers of hospitalized patients involved with road traffic collision during the periods of March 2019–February 2020 (n = 750) and March 2020–February 2021 (n = 499), Al Ain City, United Arab Emirates

Variable	Pre-COVID Period n = 750	COVID Period n = 499	p value
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	132.2 (23.7)	127 (19.2)	< 0.0001
Respiratory rate/minute	19.7 (4.4)	20.16 (3)	< 0.0001
Pulse (beat per minute)	93.3 (21.4)	95.01 (20.6)	0.16
GCS	15 (3–15)	15 (3–15)	0.63
ISS	5 (1–75)	5 (1–38)	0.14
ICU admission	103 (13.7)	66 (13.2)	0.87
ICU stay (days)	1.31 (4.92)	1.05 (4.17)	0.69
Hospital stay (day)	6.59 (11.9)	5.01 (7.6)	0.90
Dead	17 (2.3)	22 (4.4)	0.045

GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, ISS Injury Severity Score, ICU Intensive Care Unit
Data are presented as mean (SD) for continuous data, median (range) for ordinal data and number (%) for categorical data
p value = Mann–Whitney U test or Fisher’s Exact test as appropriate

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