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Table 4 Characteristics of patients seen by residents in Linkou general hospital

From: What is the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency medicine residency training: an observational study

 

Pre-epidemic period

Epidemic period

P value

Critical area

 Average patient number per month

1810.00

1546.67

 

 Gender, Male

4994 (55.18%)

2630 (56.68%)

p = 0.055

 Age, years

64.00 ± 19.64

62.52 ± 19.48

p < 0.001

 Triage level

  

p = 0.166

  Level 1

1120 (12.38%)

601 (12.95%)

 

  Level 2

3744 (41.37%)

1853 (39.94%)

 

  Level 3

6399 (45.27%)

2125 (45.80%)

 

  Level 4

87 (0.96%)

58 (1.25%)

 

  Level 5

2 (0.02%)

80 (1.94%)

 

 Admission

5144 (56.84%)

2845 (61.31%)

p < 0.001

Trauma area

 Average patient number per month

300.80

291.67

 

 Gender, Male

873 (58.05%)

535 (61.14%)

p = 0.138

 Age, years

38.83 ± 23.69

40.30 ± 22.42

p = 0.067

 Triage level

  

p = 0.082

  Level 1

8 (0.53%)

14 (1.60%)

 

  Level 2

208 (13.83%)

107 (12.23%)

 

  Level 3

1161 (77.19%)

674 (70.03%)

 

  Level 4

123 (8.18%)

77 (8.8%)

 

  Level 5

4 (0.27%)

3 (0.34%)

 

 Admission

286 (19.02%)

181 (20.69%)

p = 0.323

Pediatric area

 Average patient number per month

356.60

138.00

 

 Gender, Male

1008 (56.53%)

234 (56.76%)

p = 0.932

 Age, years

4.93 ± 4.34

6.02 ± 5.42

p = 0.024

Triage level

  

p = 0.304

  Level 1

252 (14.13%)

48 (11.59%)

 

  Level 2

351 (19.69%)

92 (22.22%)

 

  Level 3

1103 (61.86%)

251 (60.63%)

 

  Level 4

76 (4.26%)

22 (5.31%)

 

  Level 5

1 (0.06%)

1 (0.24%)

 

 Admission

350 (19.63%)

100 (24.15%)

p = 0.040