Factors affecting prehospital time delay of the injured patients arriving at the Emergency Department of Beni-Suef University Hospital in Egypt: A cross-sectional study.

<h4>Purpose</h4>This study aimed to assess the factors affecting the prehospital time delay of the injured patients arriving at the Emergency Department of Beni-Suef University Hospital in Upper Egypt.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>In this cross-sectional study, the following...

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Autores principales:	Doaa Mahmoud Khalil, Elmorsy Elmorsy, Ahmed Arafa, Hesham Ahmed Nafady, Lamiaa Saleh
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6995597c914f4e54902138c7655bb5d32021-12-02T20:05:23ZFactors affecting prehospital time delay of the injured patients arriving at the Emergency Department of Beni-Suef University Hospital in Egypt: A cross-sectional study.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0252044https://doaj.org/article/6995597c914f4e54902138c7655bb5d32021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252044https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Purpose</h4>This study aimed to assess the factors affecting the prehospital time delay of the injured patients arriving at the Emergency Department of Beni-Suef University Hospital in Upper Egypt.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>In this cross-sectional study, the following data were retrieved from the hospital records of 632 injured patients between 1/1/2018 and 31/3/2018: age, sex, residence, means of transportation to the hospital, prehospital time delay, consciousness level on admission, source of injury, and type of worst injury.<h4>Results</h4>The prehospital time delay (>one hour) of the injured patients was positively associated with age >60 years and rural residence but inversely associated with consciousness level with odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of 5.14 (2.26-11.68), 3.49 (2.22-5.48), and 0.56 (0.32-0.96), respectively.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The prehospital time delay of the injured patients arriving at the Emergency Department of Beni-Suef University Hospital in Egypt was associated with old age, rural residence, and consciousness level.Doaa Mahmoud KhalilElmorsy ElmorsyAhmed ArafaHesham Ahmed NafadyLamiaa SalehPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 6, p e0252044 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Doaa Mahmoud Khalil Elmorsy Elmorsy Ahmed Arafa Hesham Ahmed Nafady Lamiaa Saleh Factors affecting prehospital time delay of the injured patients arriving at the Emergency Department of Beni-Suef University Hospital in Egypt: A cross-sectional study.
description	<h4>Purpose</h4>This study aimed to assess the factors affecting the prehospital time delay of the injured patients arriving at the Emergency Department of Beni-Suef University Hospital in Upper Egypt.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>In this cross-sectional study, the following data were retrieved from the hospital records of 632 injured patients between 1/1/2018 and 31/3/2018: age, sex, residence, means of transportation to the hospital, prehospital time delay, consciousness level on admission, source of injury, and type of worst injury.<h4>Results</h4>The prehospital time delay (>one hour) of the injured patients was positively associated with age >60 years and rural residence but inversely associated with consciousness level with odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of 5.14 (2.26-11.68), 3.49 (2.22-5.48), and 0.56 (0.32-0.96), respectively.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The prehospital time delay of the injured patients arriving at the Emergency Department of Beni-Suef University Hospital in Egypt was associated with old age, rural residence, and consciousness level.
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author	Doaa Mahmoud Khalil Elmorsy Elmorsy Ahmed Arafa Hesham Ahmed Nafady Lamiaa Saleh
author_facet	Doaa Mahmoud Khalil Elmorsy Elmorsy Ahmed Arafa Hesham Ahmed Nafady Lamiaa Saleh
author_sort	Doaa Mahmoud Khalil
title	Factors affecting prehospital time delay of the injured patients arriving at the Emergency Department of Beni-Suef University Hospital in Egypt: A cross-sectional study.
title_short	Factors affecting prehospital time delay of the injured patients arriving at the Emergency Department of Beni-Suef University Hospital in Egypt: A cross-sectional study.
title_full	Factors affecting prehospital time delay of the injured patients arriving at the Emergency Department of Beni-Suef University Hospital in Egypt: A cross-sectional study.
title_fullStr	Factors affecting prehospital time delay of the injured patients arriving at the Emergency Department of Beni-Suef University Hospital in Egypt: A cross-sectional study.
title_full_unstemmed	Factors affecting prehospital time delay of the injured patients arriving at the Emergency Department of Beni-Suef University Hospital in Egypt: A cross-sectional study.
title_sort	factors affecting prehospital time delay of the injured patients arriving at the emergency department of beni-suef university hospital in egypt: a cross-sectional study.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/6995597c914f4e54902138c7655bb5d3
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Factors affecting prehospital time delay of the injured patients arriving at the Emergency Department of Beni-Suef University Hospital in Egypt: A cross-sectional study.

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