• BMC research notes · Mar 2019

    Patterns of road traffic injury and potential consequences among patients visiting Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia.

    • Bereket Duko, Fikru Tadesse, and Zewdie Oltaye.
    • Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, P.O. Box 1560, Awasa, Ethiopia. berkole.dad@gmail.com.
    • BMC Res Notes. 2019 Mar 29; 12 (1): 186.

    ObjectiveRoad traffic injury (RTI) is the leading cause of death among aged 15-29 years, although low and middle income countries only have half of the vehicles, they have 80% of road traffic related death. This study aimed to assess the probability of road traffic injury occurrence and potential consequences among patient visiting at emergency department of Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia. Retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted from March 8 to April 6/2018 among 350 patients who were recruited using systematic random sampling techniques. Binary logistic regression analysis was used for data analysis.ResultsA total of 350 patients medical charts were reviewed at emergency department. The prevalence of road traffic accident was 40.9%. Being male (AOR = 1.84: 95% CI 1.11-3.09), being in age group of 20-29 (AOR = 2.58: 95% CI 1.14-5.84) and being in urban area of residence (AOR = 2.46; 95% CI 1.51-4.02) were significantly associated with road traffic accident. Conducting further research on road traffic injury and risk factors recommended.

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