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A qualitative study of older adult trauma survivors’ experiences in acute care and early recovery

Lesley Gotlib Conn, Avery B. Nathens, Damon C. Scales, Kelly Vogt, Camilla L. Wong and Barbara Haas
April 11, 2023 11 (2) E323-E328; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20220013
Lesley Gotlib Conn
Sunnybrook Research Institute (Gotlib Conn, Nathens, Scales, Haas), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Departments of Anthropology (Gotlib Conn) and Surgery (Nathens, Haas), and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care (Scales, Haas), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Vogt); Department of Surgery (Vogt), Western University, London, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Wong), St Michael’s Hospital; Department of Medicine (Wong), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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Avery B. Nathens
Sunnybrook Research Institute (Gotlib Conn, Nathens, Scales, Haas), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Departments of Anthropology (Gotlib Conn) and Surgery (Nathens, Haas), and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care (Scales, Haas), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Vogt); Department of Surgery (Vogt), Western University, London, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Wong), St Michael’s Hospital; Department of Medicine (Wong), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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Damon C. Scales
Sunnybrook Research Institute (Gotlib Conn, Nathens, Scales, Haas), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Departments of Anthropology (Gotlib Conn) and Surgery (Nathens, Haas), and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care (Scales, Haas), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Vogt); Department of Surgery (Vogt), Western University, London, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Wong), St Michael’s Hospital; Department of Medicine (Wong), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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Kelly Vogt
Sunnybrook Research Institute (Gotlib Conn, Nathens, Scales, Haas), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Departments of Anthropology (Gotlib Conn) and Surgery (Nathens, Haas), and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care (Scales, Haas), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Vogt); Department of Surgery (Vogt), Western University, London, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Wong), St Michael’s Hospital; Department of Medicine (Wong), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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Camilla L. Wong
Sunnybrook Research Institute (Gotlib Conn, Nathens, Scales, Haas), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Departments of Anthropology (Gotlib Conn) and Surgery (Nathens, Haas), and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care (Scales, Haas), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Vogt); Department of Surgery (Vogt), Western University, London, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Wong), St Michael’s Hospital; Department of Medicine (Wong), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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Barbara Haas
Sunnybrook Research Institute (Gotlib Conn, Nathens, Scales, Haas), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Departments of Anthropology (Gotlib Conn) and Surgery (Nathens, Haas), and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care (Scales, Haas), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Vogt); Department of Surgery (Vogt), Western University, London, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Wong), St Michael’s Hospital; Department of Medicine (Wong), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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    Table 1:

    Participant characteristics

    CharacteristicNo. of participants*
    n = 25
    Sex
     Male13
     Female12
    Age, yr
     65–7412
     75–8411
     ≥ 852
    Injury mechanism
     Fall14
     MVC4
     Pedestrian2
     Assault2
     Other3
    Comorbidities
     011
     12
     22
     ≥ 310
    Hospital care
     Surgery8
     Intensive care13
     Ventilation1
    Hospital LOS, d
     ≤ 37
     4–108
     11–197
     ≥ 203
    Median LOS8
    Range LOS1–25
    Injury severity score
     ≤ 83
     9–1510
     16–249
     ≥ 253
    Discharge disposition
     Home16
     Rehabilitation6
     Other hospital3
    • Note: LOS = length of stay, MVC = motor vehicle collision.

    • ↵* Unless indicated otherwise.

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Lesley Gotlib Conn, Avery B. Nathens, Damon C. Scales, Kelly Vogt, Camilla L. Wong, Barbara Haas
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Mar 2023, 11 (2) E323-E328; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20220013
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