A multi-institutional study of post-traumatic stress disorder and its risk factors in Ethiopian pediatric patients with physical trauma

Table 3 Trauma and related factors among pediatric patients with physical trauma in Northwest Amhara referral hospitals 2021(n = 413)

Variable	Category	Frequency (n)	Percent (%)
Site of trauma	Upper Extremity	125	30.27
	Lower Extremity	222	53.75
	Upper and Lower Extremity	66	15.98
Cause of trauma	Road traffic accident	145	35.11
	Bullet/blast and Blow/assault	140	33.90
	Fall &Crush by a heavy object	128	30.99
Type of trauma	Fractures	263	63.68
	Fracture and dislocation/sprain	112	27.12
	Ligament injury	30	7.26
	Blunt injury	5	1.21
	traumatic brain injury	3	0.73
Trauma related complications^a	complications	275	66.59
Trauma related complications^a	No complications	138	33.41
Duration of trauma	1–3 month	367	88.86
Duration of trauma	3–6 month	46	11.14
Presence of amputation	Yes	21	5.08
Presence of amputation	No	392	94.92
Pain	Yes	393	95.16
Pain	No	20	4.84
Pain intensity(n^a = 393)	Mild	73	18.62
	Moderate	142	36.23
	Severe	177	45.15

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