scholarly journals THE EFFECTS OF EDUCATION ON THE MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIES OF ROAD TRAFFIC INJURY VICTIMS CONCERNING HEALTH SATISFACTION STATUS

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-239
Author(s):  
Waqas ◽  
Intikhab Alam ◽  
Mussawar Shah ◽  
Khalid Nawab
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Road Traffic Injury ◽  
Actual Process ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Satisfaction ◽  
Traffic Injury

Purpose of the study: To examine the satisfaction of the health status of RTI victims and to measure the association between the satisfaction of health status with the prevailing level of participation of RTI victims in various major life activities. Methodology: This study follows a cross-sectional research design. A comprehensive interview schedule was designed and pre-tested before the actual process of data collection. For data analysis, SPSS v.20 was run for obtaining univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analysis. Main Findings: At a bivariate level, it was found that RTI victims were having difficulty in walking, standing, sitting, and dysfunctional memory status had significantly associated with low health satisfaction. Furthermore, at the multivariate level, the victims with low educational status were more likely to report limitations in Major Life Activities (MLA), ultimately affecting their health satisfaction status. Applications of this study: This research's findings can apply to such studies that emphasize the sociological perspectives for minimizing traffic crashes. Moreover, it also provides the role of education in controlling traffic injuries in the south Asian region. Novelty/Originality of this study: This study is the first-ever attempt to determine the effects of MLA limitations on the health satisfaction status. Apart from describing the phenomenon from a sociological perspective, the article also enlightens the role of education in minimizing RTI injuries.

scholarly journals Association between perception of fault for the crash and function, return to work and health status 1 year after road traffic injury: a registry-based cohort study

BMJ Open ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. e009907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda J Gabbe ◽  
Pamela M Simpson ◽  
Peter A Cameron ◽  
Christina L Ekegren ◽  
Elton R Edwards ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Return To Work ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Road Traffic Injury ◽  
Traffic Injury ◽  
And Function ◽  
Work And Health

scholarly journals Prevalence of road traffic injury and its associated factors at hospitals in Wolaita Zone

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Hailu Weldemariam ◽  
Tigabu Addisu Lendado
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Emergency Department ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Road Traffic Injury ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
Traffic Injury ◽  
Trauma Victims ◽  
Associated Risk Factors

Abstract Background Road traffic injury is defined as fatal or non-fatal cases incurred as a result of road traffic crashes. It accounts for an estimated 1.2 million people death and as many as 50 million injury in each year worldwide. This study was aimed to determine prevalence and associated risk factors of road traffic injury.Objective To determine the prevalence and its associated risk factors of road traffic injury.Method Facility based cross-sectional study with sample size of 309 was used for conducting study in two selected hospitals in Wolaita Zone.Systematic sampling method was applied to select study subject based on inclusion criteria. Data was collected by questionnaires which was developed from reviewing different literatures and analysed by using SPSS version 20statistical software.Result Among the total of trauma victims who visited emergency department of hospitals, approximately half of victims (49.2%) were due to road traffic injury followed by falling injury 60 (19.4%) and burns 35 (11.3%). After adjusting for confounding in multivariate logistic regression analysis, sex and living places are independent factors of road traffic injury. Two of them are highly significantly associated with road traffic injury and being male and urban resident had thirteen times AOR 13.08 95% CI (6.15-27.85) and more than two times AOR 2.69 95%CI (1.55-4.64) increased odd of road traffic injury respectively.Conclusion Road traffic injury was leading injury types among trauma victims visiting emergency department of Hospitals. Therefore, strong road safety policy at local and country level is needed to reduce vulnerability of individuals and vehicle related injury.

scholarly journals Epidemiological study of motorcycle accidents in Gonabad in 2018-2019

2021 ◽  
pp. 57-63
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Information Management System ◽  
Road Traffic Injury ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Traffic Injury ◽  
Rural Settings ◽  
Motorcycle Accidents ◽  
Daunting Challenge ◽  
Hospital Information Management System

Introduction: Motorcycle accidents are among the deadliest road traffic accidents, and the prevention of road traffic injury is a daunting challenge in numerous countries, including Iran. The present study aimed to investigate the motorcycle accidents that occurred in Gonabad, Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted using all standard pre-hospital emergency reporting forms related to motorcycle accidents registered in a software-based pre-hospital information management system (called ASAYAR in Persian) between March 2018 and 2019. The motorcycle accidents were assessed in terms of urban and rural settings, time and mission results of accidents, and demographic characteristics of injured people. Descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, frequency, and frequency percentage) were used for data analysis. Results: A total of 1,555 traffic accidents were recorded in the ASAYAR system, out of which 746(48%) accidents were related to motorcycle accidents, and out of 746 cases in the county, 431 cases had occurred in Gonabad. The majority of motorcycle accidents (49%) took place in the age group of 15-25 years. The time analysis of accidents demonstrated that the majority of accidents had happened in the spring with 34% (n=147) and in June with 11.86% (n=51). Moreover, 77% of the injured were motorcycle riders, and 82% of all the injured have been taken to hospital. Conclusion: As evidenced by the obtained results, nearly half of all road accidents are caused by motorcycles. Given that most of the injured in motorcycle accidents are adolescents and young people, it is necessary to take practical measures to control and manage this major health threat.

scholarly journals Determinants of road traffic injury at Khulna division in Bangladesh: a cross sectional study of road traffic incidents

F1000Research ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 1238
Author(s):  
Rafiqul Islam ◽  
Mostaured Ali Khan ◽  
Krishna Deb Nath ◽  
Mosharaf Hossain ◽  
Golam Mustagir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Management ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Road Traffic Injury ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Traffic Injury ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Traffic Rules

Background: Road traffic injury (RTI) is one of the major causes of death, injury and disability worldwide and most of which occur in developing countries like Bangladesh. The main objective of this study was to identify the role of various socio-demographic and economic factors regarding the knowledge and consciousness about RTI at Khulna division in Bangladesh. Methods: Primary data were collected from 200 respondents in Khulna Medical College Hospital and Satkhira Sadar Hospital and several private clinics, generated by interviewing people who had experienced a traffic accident in Khulna division, Bangladesh. The Chi-square test and logistic regression model were utilized in this study to analyze the data. Results: The results show that there was a significant association between education (primary to higher secondary school: OR = 3.584, 95% CI = 0.907-14.155; higher educated: OR = 24.070, 95% CI = 4.860-119.206); occupation (farmer and labor: OR = 0.528,95% CI = 0.208-1.340; others: OR = 0.263, 95% CI = 0.097-0.713); if they were driving a motorcycle (OR = 4.137, 95% CI = 1.229-13.932); proper treatment (OR = 4.690, 95% CI = 1.736-12.673); consciousness about the RTI (OR = 18.394, 95% CI = 6.381-53.025); if they were an unskilled driver (OR = 8.169, 95% CI = 0.96-16.51), unfit vehicles (OR = 3.696, 95% CI = 1.032-13.234), if they were breaking traffic rules (OR = 6.918, 95% CI = 2.237-21.397), faulty road and traffic management (OR = 3.037, 95% CI = 1.125-8.196) with having knowledge about traffic rules in Khulna division, Bangladesh. Conclusion: According to the results of the study, by increasing knowledge and awareness about traffic rules among people through education and awareness programs, imposing strict traffic rules, not giving licenses to unskilled drivers, not allowing unfit vehicles on the road, reconstruction and proper road management RTI’s can be reduced.

Epidemiological Profile of Injury in Kermanshah in 2015-2016

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malihe Khoramdad ◽  
Mohammad Reza bayat ◽  
Nahid Khademi ◽  
Vida Saniee ◽  
Yousef Alimohamadi
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Road Traffic Injury ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Gender Culture ◽  
High Risk Factors ◽  
Traffic Injury ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Epidemiological Profile

Introduction: injuries as one of the main concerns of public health and social problem affect a wide range of population particularly in countries with low and middle incomes. In the present study, we aimed to describe the epidemiology of different types of injuries occurring in Kermanshah province, Iran, with an enormous sample size in 2015-2016. Methods: in this cross-sectional study we gathered the data from Health Vice-presidency of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. In order to widen the study, we incorporated the subjects with a wide spectrum of injury types including Road Traffic Injury (RTI), burns, poisoning, drowning, suicide, animal bite, trauma, and violence. The subjects were taken from 20 distinct hospitals of 12 cities of Kermanshah province. Results: our data showed a total number of injuries to be 65,428 from March 2015 to March 2016 (65.4% male and 34.6% female). The average of total injured people was 29.20±18.9 (28.7±18.9 in men and 30±18.9 in women). We showed that individuals of 15-29 and 30-44 years old were the most vulnerable sectors in both male and female groups. The majority of injuries were due to road traffic and fall in men and female, respectively. The most and least frequent injuries occurred in Kermanshah and Gilan-e-Qarb cities, respectively. Conclusion: it was demonstrated in our study that age, gender, culture, and city are the factors determining the injury patterns. Therefore, these items can be regarded as the high-risk factors which may be integrated into the plans for preventing the possible injuries in health policies.

scholarly journals Geoclinical analyses for areas at high risk for motorcycle-related road traffic injury in a district in Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 146-154
Author(s):  
Nik Hisamuddin NA Rahman ◽  
Nyi Nyi Naing
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Prehospital Care ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Road Traffic Injury ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Traffic Injury ◽  
The Mean

Objective: The goal of this prospective cross-sectional study was particularly to collect data on the epidemiology, the pattern of injury among motorcyclists and to relate with spatial data in a local district. Methods: It involved data collection from prehospital care and inhospital care record. In addition, it utilized geospatial ARCGIS® version 10.1 software in the identification of hotspot location of road traffic injury. Written informed consent was obtained from patient(s) or relatives for their anonymized information to be published in any article. Results: A total of 439 cases were recruited over 10 months. The mean age (standard deviation) of the motorvehicle crash victims was 26.04 (15.26) years. Male comprised 302 (73.3%) of the cases. A total of 176 (42.7%) of the victims were between the ages of 20–40 years. A total of 176 (42.7%) of the motorcyclists admitted were wearing the safety helmets either from the history taking or from the witness. A total of 117 (28.4%) and 28 (6.8%) of the victims were admitted to the general wards and critical care units, respectively for further management. The mean (standard deviation) length of hospital stays was 7.19 (6.94) days. Based on hotspot mapping using ARCGIS 10.1, most of the motorvehicle crash cases occurred mainly within the specific borough. This finding concurred with the locations of the state roads involved that traversed mainly within the same borough. Further geospatial and temporal analysis showed that most of the motorvehicle crash that occurred during the weekend were located within the suburban areas. Conclusion: Motorcyclists, being male and young age are the vulnerable group of road users commonly injured on our road. The initial geospatial analysis of injury-related motorvehicle crash cases has shown common hotspot trending along certain roads and borough within the district. This new knowledge can be used in the future for preventive and road safety programs in high-risk areas.

scholarly journals Prevalence and correlates of major injuries among older adults in India: Results of a national cross-sectional survey in 2017-2018

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Supa Pengpid ◽  
Karl Peltzer
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Functional Disability ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Road Traffic Injury ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Fall Injury ◽  
The Past ◽  
Traffic Injury ◽  
Major Injury

Abstract Background: The study aimed to examine the prevalence and correlates of injury among older adults in India. Methods: The study included 72,262 individuals (45 years and older) from the cross-sectional 2017-2018 Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) Wave 1.Results: More than one in ten participants (12.9%) had a major injury in the past 2 years, 2.3% had a road traffic injury, 9.4% had a fall injury and 1.9% had other injuries in the past 2 years. In adjusted logistic regression analysis, having 5-9 years education (Adjusted Odds Ratio-AOR: 1.14, 95% Confidence Interval-CI: 1.01-1.79), having sleep problems (AOR: 1.39, 95% CI: 1.23-1.57), having two or more chronic conditions (AOR: 1.21, 95% CI: 1.05-1.39), functional disability (AOR: 1.19, 95% CI: 1.04-1.35), pain (AOR: 1.81, 95% CI: 1.63-2.02), binge drinking (AOR: 1.27, 95% CI: 1.03-1.55), tobacco use (AOR: 1.22, 95% CI: 1.10-1.36), poor near vision (AOR: 1.17, 95% CI: 1.03-1.33), and hearing problems (AOR: 1.30, 95% CI: 1.11-1.52) were positively associated with past two years major injury. Compared to Scheduled tribe, Scheduled caste (AOR: 0.65, 95% CI: 0.54-0.78), and other backward class (AOR: 0.85, 95% CI: 0.76-0.96), having high subjective socioeconomic status (AOR: 0.85, 95% CI: 0.75-0.97), and urban residence (AOR: 0.82, 95% CI: 0.73-0.93) were negatively associated with past two years major injury. Younger age and male sex were associated with road traffic injury and older age and female sex with were associated with fall injury. Rural residence was associated with fall and other injury. Poor grip strength was positively associated with fall and other injury. Having depressive symptoms and vigorous physical activity were associated with other injury Conclusion: More than one in ten participants (12.9%) had a major injury in the past 2 years, and several risk factors were found that can be utilized in injury prevention strategies in India.

scholarly journals Incidence of Road Traffic Injury and Associated Factors among Patients Visiting the Emergency Department of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Teaching Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bewket Tadesse Tiruneh ◽  
Berihun Assefa Dachew ◽  
Berhanu Boru Bifftu
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Psychological Problem ◽  
Road Traffic Injury ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Traffic Injury

Background. Road traffic injuries are a major public health issue. The problem is increasing in Africa.Objective. To assess the incidence of road traffic injury and associated factors among patients visiting the emergency department of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Teaching Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Methods. Institutional based cross-sectional study design was conducted. A total of 356 systematically selected study subjects were included in the study. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions were performed to identify associated factors with road traffic injury. Odds ratios with 95% confidence interval were computed to determine the level of significance.Results. The incidence of road traffic injury in the emergency department of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Teaching Hospital was 36.8%. Being a farmer (AOR = 3.3; 95% CI = 1.06–10.13), conflict with family members (AOR = 7.7; 95% CI = 3.49–8.84), financial problem (AOR = 9.91; 95% CI = 4.79–6.48), psychological problem (AOR = 17.58; 95% CI = 7.70–12.14), and alcohol use (AOR = 2.98; 95% CI = 1.61–5.27) were independently associated with road traffic injury.Conclusion and Recommendation. In this study the incidence of road traffic injury was high. Alcohol is one of the most significant factors associated with Road Traffic Injury. Thus urgent education on the effect of alcohol is recommended.

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