Table 1 Demographic profile of study participants stratified by HKAS completion and POC test acceptance
Completed HKAS | Declined HKAS | Total (n = 728) | Chi-squared (p-value) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Accepted POC test (n = 172) | Declined POC test (n = 51) | Accepted POC test (n = 347) | Declined POC test (n = 158) | |||
Sex | ||||||
Male | 101 (58.7%) | 28 (54.9%) | 196 (56.5%) | 73 (46.2%) | 398 (54.7%) | 6.172 (0.104) |
Female | 71 (41.3%) | 23 (45.1%) | 151 (43.5%) | 85 (53.8%) | 330 (45.3%) | |
Age | ||||||
< 20 Years | 12 (7.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 14 (4.0%) | 7 (4.4%) | 33 (4.5%) | 17.59 (0.040)* |
20–29 Years | 52 (30.2%) | 18 (35.3%) | 103 (29.7%) | 32 (20.3%) | 205 (28.2%) | |
30–39 Years | 36 (20.9%) | 6 (11.8%) | 90 (25.9%) | 44 (27.8%) | 176 (24.2%) | |
≥ 40 Years | 72 (41.9%) | 27 (52.9%) | 140 (40.4%) | 75 (47.5%) | 314 (43.1%) | |
South African Triage Score (SATS) | ||||||
Emergency | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (2.0%) | 4 (1.1%) | 5 (3.2%) | 10 (1.4%) | 19.60 (0.021)* |
Very Urgent | 8 (4.7%) | 5 (9.8%) | 25 (7.2%) | 5 (3.2%) | 43 (5.9%) | |
Urgent | 102 (59.3%) | 35 (68.6%) | 180 (51.9%) | 83 (52.5%) | 400 (54.9%) | |
Routine | 62 (36.0%) | 10 (19.6%) | 138 (39.8%) | 65 (41.1%) | 275 (37.8%) | |
Chief Complaint | ||||||
Medical | 84 (48.8%) | 27 (52.9%) | 160 (46.1%) | 66 (41.8%) | 337 (46.3%) | 2.658 (0.447) |
Trauma | 88 (51.2%) | 24 (47.1%) | 187 (53.9%) | 92 (58.2%) | 391 (53.7%) | |