@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of motorcycle accidents and its associated factors among road traffic accident patients in Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, 2019",
journal="Open access emergency medicine",
year="2021",
author="Oltaye, Zewdie and Geja, Ephrem and Tadele, Alelign",
volume="13",
number="",
pages="213-220",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Road traffic damages were amongst the central causes of passing away, hospitalization, disability, and low socioeconomic status. About 1.3 million lethal road traffic damages and 20-50 million nonfatal damages happened consequently of road traffic accidents every year globally. Motorcycles are a small subsection of all motor vehicles significantly over-represented in total motor vehicle accidents and lead to a great rate of deaths and disabilities. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to assess the prevalence of motorcycle accident and associated factors among road traffic accident patients in Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa city, Ethiopia in 2019. <br><br>METHODS AND MATERIALS: The health institution/hospital-based retrospective cross-sectional study design was applied and a systematic random sampling technique was implemented to select the sample size of 274 patient's cards from January 2018 to January 2019. The data were entered and analyzed on SPSS 20. <br><br>RESULTS: From 274 patients' medical records reviewed in the study period, 151 (55.1%) injuries were due to motorcycle accident. In a multiple logistic regression analysis, age, sex, high speed, and types of roads showed significant association with motorcycle accidents. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The prevalence of motorcycle accidents was the main cause of injuries among others, which was 55.1%. Motorcycle accidents occurred mainly in males and in people with the age category of 20-29 years. Age, sex, high speed, and type of road were significantly associated with a motorcycle accident.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1179-1500",
doi="10.2147/OAEM.S291510",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OAEM.S291510"
}