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| Title |
Magnitude and outcomes of road traffic accidents at Hospitals in Wolaita Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia
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| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, April 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13104-015-1094-z |
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| Authors |
Feleke Hailemichael, Mohammed Suleiman, Wondimagegn Pauolos |
| Abstract |
A Road traffic accident is an incident on a way or street open to public traffic, resulting in one or more persons being killed or injured, and involving at least one moving vehicle. The aim of this study is to assess magnitude and outcome of road traffic accidents among trauma victims at hospitals in Wolaita zone. A cross sectional hospital based study design using retrospective chart review was conducted from March 5th to March 25th, 2014. Simple random sampling technique was applied to identify sample population. The data was entered in to Epi info version 3.5.1 and transferred to SPSS version 16 for further analysis. A total of 384 trauma victims were incorporated in the study of which 240 (62.5%) were due to road traffic accidents. The majority of patients were male 298 (77.6%) and most commonly aged between 20-29 (35.42%). The principal outcome of injury was more commonly lower extremity (182 patients, 47.4%), compared to upper extremity (126 patients, 32.8%). Of all trauma patient presenting to hospitals (62.5%) are the result of road traffic accident. Hence, the provision of tailored messages to all members of the community regarding knowledge and practices of road safety measures like appropriate use of pavements by pedestrians and avoiding risky driving behaviors. Besides this make use of compulsory motorcycle helmets would appear to be a very important intervention. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1 | 25% |
| South Africa | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 156 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 155 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 25 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 8% |
| Lecturer | 9 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 6% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 23 | 15% |
| Unknown | 69 | 44% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 14% |
| Engineering | 9 | 6% |
| Psychology | 7 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 19 | 12% |
| Unknown | 68 | 44% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 January 2016.
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#13,083,523
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#1,587
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#123,039
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#31
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