Magnitude, outcomes, and associated factors of road traffic injuries among trauma victims that visited AaBET Hospital from 2020 to 2022
| dc.contributor.advisor | Abegaz,Teferi (MPH, PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Tadesse,Yordanos (MPH) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Behailu,Golgotha | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-13T07:43:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-08-13T07:43:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Worldwide, approximately 1.3 million people die each year due to road traffic accidents and more than 90% of road traffic deaths occur in low and middle- income countries. Currently in Ethiopia, it is posing a major public health threat with significant morbidity and mortality in road traffic victims with a pooled prevalence of 31.5% in road traffic accident victims among trauma patients. Objective: The main objective of the study is to determine the magnitude of road traffic accident victims among trauma patients, associated factors, and their outcomes at ABET Hospital from January 2020 to January 2022. Methods: A quantitative retrospective institution-based study design was applied at AaBET Hospital using an adopted Kampala and tailored pre-tested data collection checklist with a systematic random sampling technique. The sample size was 667, and collected data was entered into Epi-Data and transferred to SPSS for analysis. Binary and multivariate analysis was used to determine associated factors with outcomes of road traffic injury victims. Results: The magnitude of road traffic accidents among admitted trauma patients at AaBET Hospital was 44.8%, with males accounting for 78% of the victims. The age groups between 30 to 44 years had the highest prevalence with 38.4% among the road traffic accident victims. 39.6% of victims arrived with private vehicles with the commonest time of injury during the day time. 44.3% of road traffic accident victims were pedestrians accounting. Only 50.8% received pre-hospital care/treatment before their referral. Severe injury outcomes accounted for 58.6% (190) and outcomes with non-severe injury were 41.4% (133). Factors with a significant association for outcomes were type of victims who are drivers, moderate Glasgow Coma Scale, and duration of hospitalization greater than 24 hours. Conclusion: Type of victims who are drivers , moderate Glasgow Coma Scale, and duration of hospitalization greater than 24 hours have a statistically significant association with severe injury outcome. With almost half of the trauma patients arriving at AaBET Hospital being road traffic accident victims, urgent multi-sector intervention is needed to prevent the injury as well as decrease complications. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/6649 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.subject | road traffic accident | |
| dc.subject | trauma | |
| dc.subject | associated factors | |
| dc.subject | injury severity scale | |
| dc.subject | severe injury | |
| dc.title | Magnitude, outcomes, and associated factors of road traffic injuries among trauma victims that visited AaBET Hospital from 2020 to 2022 | |
| dc.type | Thesis |