Incidence of Road Traffic Injury and Associated Factors among Patients Visiting the Emergency Department of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Teaching Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
المؤلفون المشاركون
Dachew, Berihun Assefa
Bifftu, Berhanu Boru
Tiruneh, Bewket Tadesse
المصدر
Emergency Medicine International
العدد
المجلد 2014، العدد 2014 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2014)، ص ص. 1-6، 6ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2014-08-06
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
6
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
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.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Tiruneh, Bewket Tadesse& Dachew, Berihun Assefa& Bifftu, Berhanu Boru. 2014. Incidence of Road Traffic Injury and Associated Factors among Patients Visiting the Emergency Department of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Teaching Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Emergency Medicine International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-472488
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Tiruneh, Bewket Tadesse…[et al.]. Incidence of Road Traffic Injury and Associated Factors among Patients Visiting the Emergency Department of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Teaching Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Emergency Medicine International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-472488
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Tiruneh, Bewket Tadesse& Dachew, Berihun Assefa& Bifftu, Berhanu Boru. Incidence of Road Traffic Injury and Associated Factors among Patients Visiting the Emergency Department of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Teaching Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Emergency Medicine International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-472488
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-472488
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