Factor | Intervention n=323 | Control n=279 | p Value | Adjusted value |
Female gender | 229 (71%) | 206 (74%) | 0.423 | |
Age (median, IQR) | 86 (79–90) | 83 (74–89) | 0.002 | |
Fracture site | <0.001 | |||
Femur | 164 (51%) | 143 (51%) | ||
Tibia/fibula | 13 (4%) | 14 (5%) | ||
Radius | 29 (9%) | 35 (12%) | ||
Humerus | 29 (9%) | 56 (20%) | ||
Other fracture | 39 (12%) | 19 (7%) | ||
No fracture | 49 (15%) | 12 (4%) | ||
Arrive by ambulance | 285 (89%) | 212 (76%) | 0.001 | |
Prehospital analgesia | 175 (54%) | 152 (55%) | 0.086 | |
Triage score | 0.001 | |||
ATS 1–2 | 14 (5%) | 19 (7%) | ||
ATS 3 | 170 (53%) | 191 (68%) | ||
ATS 4 | 139 (43%) | 69 (25%) | ||
First pain score median (IQR)† | 5 (3–8) | 5 (3–8) | ||
Time to analgesia median (IQR) | 83 (48–158) | 82 (41–147) | 0. 42 | 0. 74 |
Analgesia <60 min | 90 (28%) | 90 (32%) | 0.190 | 0. 910 |
No analgesia | 38 (12%) | 25 (9%) | 0.262 | |
Admitted to hospital | 268 (86%) | 235 (86%) | 0.964 |
*Adjusted for age, fracture type, arrival mode to ED and triage category.
†PAINAD for intervention sites, VAS for control sites.
ATS, Australasian triage scale; PAINAD, Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia; VAS, visual analogue scale.