Assessment of Injury Characteristics and Outcome of Fall Down Accident Among Victims at Adult Emergency Department of Tikur Anbesa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Teklu Sisay | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wubetie Andualem | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-18T06:24:52Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-05T09:38:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-18T06:24:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-05T09:38:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | BACK GROUND:- Fall down accident is a major public health problem worldwide. It is thesecond leading cause of unintentional injury death, after road traffic injuries with annualestimation of 424 000 fatal falls. Over 80% of fall-related fatalities occur in low- and middle-income countries accounting over two third of these deaths. Though not fatal, approximately37.3 million falls are severe enough to require medical attention occur each year. These falls are accounted for over 17 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost. (2)Statement of problems:. According to the World Health Organization, over 91% of unintentional injury deaths and 94% of DALYs lost in LMIC in 2004. The highest injury burdenoften occurs in those countries with the weakest evidence to guide intervention strategies, thefewest resources, and the least developed infrastructure to effect change. Rapid urbanization andindustrialization and also co morbidities are major risk factors. Fall down accident stastics inEthiopia provides little knowledge about its magnitude and related information needed forprevention.Significance of the study:- This study will help to gain information about the fall downaccident characteristics and its burden related with major factors in the area of study and thecountry at large. It could help to develop countermeasures that could reduce the number and severity of accidents. In addition, the study may provide base line information to carry out further research. Objective: To assess injury characteristics and outcome of fall down accidents among trauma patients at adult emergency department of Tikur Anbesa Specialized Hospital Addis Ababa,Ethiopia from Jan-Mar, 2015.. Methodology:A prospective hospital based descriptive quantitative study was undertaken. A total of 233 fall down accident victims who visited the hospital between January and March 2015 were studied.A structured pre-tested interview questionnaire format was applied. The collected data wereanalyzed using SPSS version 20.0 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/1121 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tikur Anbesa Specialized Hospital | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of Injury Characteristics and Outcome of Fall Down Accident Among Victims at Adult Emergency Department of Tikur Anbesa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |