Citation

Silva MG, Silva VL, Vilela MR, Gomes AO, Falcão IV, Cabral AK, Lima ML. Codas 2016; 28(6): 745-752.

Vernacular Title

Fatores associados às alterações fonoaudiológicas em vítimas de acidentes de motocicletas.

Affiliation

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE - Recife (PE), Brasil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia)

DOI

10.1590/2317-1782/20162015178

PMID

27982249

Abstract

PURPOSE: To investigate factors associated with speech-language disorders in victims of motorcycle accidents.

METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study. Victims of motorcycle accidents studied were treated at Hospital da Restaura METHODS: ção between June and July 2014. The data were collected by consulting the records and direct interviews with these, at admission and after discharge. For analysis were raised single frequencies, average and chi-square test or Fisher's exact test. The margin of error used in the statistical tests w METHODS: as 5%, and the intervals were obtained with 95% reliability.

RESULTS: 99 individuals were studied, 90.9% male, the mean age of 32.7 years. It found a high percentage of 42.3% of drunk drivers and 51.5% were not enabled. The Head Injuries were present in 30.3% of cases. The most affected body area were the lower limbs (71.7%), followed by the head and face region (56.6%). It was also found that 30.3% had complaints of speech pathology after hospital discharge and a statistically significant association between speech therapy complaint and not enabled (p=0.012) and collisions between bikes (p=0.004).

CONCLUSION: There was a high percentage of lesions in the head and face resulting from accidents, associated mainly not eligible to drive bike and collisions between motorcycles, suggesting that these factors can aggravate injuries speech therapy.

Language: en