TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Demographically investigate the trauma resulting from road traffic accidents in injured patients referred to Taleghani Hospital in Mashhad (Khorasan razavi, Iran), 2013
JO  - Safety promotion and injury prevention (Tehran)
A1  - Ebrahimipour, Hosein
A1  - Khani, Masuod
A1  - Salehabadi, Somayeh
A1  - Heidarabadi, Akbar Babaei
A1  - Taleghani, Yasamin Molavi
A1  - Mirzaie, Nasim
A1  - Vejdani, Marjan
A1  - Hafez, Asghar Ashrafi
A1  - Imanzad, Masumeh
SP  - 155
EP  - 160
VL  - 2
IS  - 3
N2  - Background and Objective  :  Road traffic accidents are one of the world's largest health problems and trauma is the leading cause of death among young people in developing countries. The present study aims to demographically investigate the trauma resulting from road traffic accidents in patients referred to Taleghani Hospital in Mashhad (Khorasan razavi, Iran). <br><br>MATERIALS AND METHODS  :  In this descriptive and cross-sectional study, 4699 cases injured in road accidents and referred to Taleghani hospital from March 2012 to February 2013 has been investigated (Mashhad, Iran). Substantive data entry form including demographic factors (age, sex, history of hospitalization, date of admission, and discharge status of the patient) was data collection tool. Data were collected through enumeration method and were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation) and SPSS (18). <br><br>RESULTS  :  73.2% of injury cases were male and most injuries occurred between the ages of 20 and 30. Most accidents (48.41%) occurred in summer in September. In terms of patients' required services, 59.4%, 23.7%, 7.2%, 8.1%, 0.9%, 0.6% and 0.1% of patients were hospitalized in the emergency department, the accident ward 1 and 2, neurosurgery ward, general and men's surgical ward, ICU, orthopedic ward and neurology ward, respectively. <br><br>CONCLUSION  :  Considering the significant importance of road accidents as a social, predictable and controllable problem, roads' safety and standardization should be deeply considered and planning and basic actions should be taken in this area.<p />  <p>Language: fa</p>
LA  - fa
SN  - 2345-2455
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -