| Autor: |
Fatuma Seid Degu, Adem Hussein Endris, Samuel Anteneh Ayele, Natnaiel Grima Melkie, Mitaw Girma Kenbaw, Mekuriaw Wuhib Shumye, Missale Kassahun Hirpo, Atrsaw Dessie Liyew, Mandefro Assefaw Geremew, Prem Kumar |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
BMC Emergency Medicine, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1471-227X |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s12873-024-01047-1 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Background Road traffic accidents(RTA) are a major public health problem worldwide, accounting for almost 1.24 million deaths per year and it is the number one cause of death among those aged group 15–29 years. Even though there are great benefits from access to road transportation there also poses a great challenge in the individual’s daily activities ranging from minor injury to death. Objective This study aimed to assess the magnitude and outcome of road traffic accidents among patients admitted in Dessie Town Governmental Hospitals, Northeast Amhara, Ethiopia, 2022. Methods A five-year hospital-based retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study design was conducted among 377 road traffic accident patients admitted to Dessie Town Governmental hospitals. Data were collected by simple random methods based on patient chart reviews from June 7/, 2022 to May 23/ 2017 using a checklist adapted from the WHO standard hospital-based road traffic accident questionnaires after obtaining consent from the concerned authority. EPI-Data software version 7.2 for data entry and SPSS version 25 for statistical analysis were used. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used. Statistical significance was declared at a p-value of |
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