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Table 2 Patient characteristics during three phases of pre-intervention, intervention, and post-intervention

From: Development of clinical-guideline-based mobile application and its effect on head CT scan utilization in neurology and neurosurgery departments

Patient characteristics

Pre-intervention (N = 127)

Intervention (N = 187)

Post-Intervention (N = 101)

Total (N = 415)

Sex (%)

 Male

88 (29.5)

138 (46.3)

72 (24.2)

298 (100)

 Female

39 (33.3)

49 (41.9)

29 (24.8)

117 (100)

Diagnosis (%)

 Head trauma

25 (36.2)

29(42)

15 (21.8)

69 (100)

 Hemorrhagic lesion

27 (28.7)

47 (50)

20 (21.3)

94 (100)

 Ischemic lesions

18 (19.6)

54 (58.7)

20 (21.7)

92 (100)

 Tumors

15 (45.5)

8 (24.2)

10 (30.3)

33 (100)

 Other neurological disorders

42 (33.1)

49 (38.6)

36 (28.3)

127 (100)

Treatment (%)

 Surgical

61 (39.6)

55 (35.7)

38 (24.7)

154 (100)

 Medical

66 (25.3)

132 (50.6)

63 (24.1)

261 (100)

Age

 Median (Q1; Q3)*

47 (26; 67)

58 (37; 76)

55 (33; 70)

54 (31; 73)

Length of stay

 Median (Q1; Q3)*

8 (5; 12)

6 (4; 10)

5 (4; 10)

6 (4; 10)

  1. *All data has been reported using Median (Q1, Q3)