Fatal injuries among motorcyclists in Klang Valley, Malaysia
| Autor: | Abdul Karim Tajuddin, Roszalina Ramli, Faridah Mohd Noor, Roderick John McClure, Mohd Shah Mahmood, Nurul Kharmila Abdullah, Jennifer Anne Oxley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male Adolescent Cross-sectional study Substance-Related Disorders Poison control Crash Occupational safety and health Pathology and Forensic Medicine Young Adult Injury Severity Score Environmental health Injury prevention medicine Ethnicity Humans Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Multiple Trauma Medical record Head injury Accidents Traffic Malaysia General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Substance Abuse Detection Cross-Sectional Studies Motorcycles Income Wounds and Injuries Female Head Protective Devices Medical emergency business Law |
| Zdroj: | Journal of forensic and legal medicine. 26 |
| ISSN: | 1878-7487 |
| Popis: | Background Motorcycle fatalities constitute the majority of road traffic deaths in Malaysia. The aims of this study were to describe the pattern of fatal injuries among Klang Valley fatal motorcyclists and to describe the factors associated with fatal (vs non-fatal) injuries. Methods A cross-sectional analysis was performed on data from a case series of injured (fatal and non-fatal) motorcyclists recruited from Klang Valley between 14th March 2010 and 13th March 2011. Fatal cases in the cases series were identified from the Police files. Non-fatal cases were recruited from five major hospitals in the study region. Information used in the analyses were obtained from Police crash reports, hospital medical records, and Coroner's records of the participant sample. Results Of the 177 fatal cases, 142 (80.2%) were categorised as instantaneous death while 35 (19.8%) cases were categorised as experiencing delayed death. Thirty two percent of the cases had a Maximum Abbreviated Injury Score (MAIS) of 5 with head injury being the most common cause of death. Significant predictors of fatal (vs non-fatal) injury included ethnic groups, monthly income, alcohol and drug use and road type. Alcohol and drug use was shown to be the strongest predictor with adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of 14.77 (95% CI 3.32–65.65). Conclusion Factors related to the motorcyclists, road user behaviour and the road environment as well as pre-hospitalisation emergency care must be addressed efficiently in low and middle income countries to reduce the number and severity of motorcycle-related injuries. |
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