Mortality of motorcyclists with traumatic injuries resulting from traffic accidents in Sao Jose dos Campos city, Brazil, in 2015: a cohort study

Autor(es)

Neto Silva, Caroline de Lima ^[1] ; Barbosa Texeira Lopes, Maria Carolina ^[1] ; Thomaz, Rosimey Romero ^[1] ; Whitaker, Iveth Yamaguchi ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Escola Paulista Enfermagem, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: EPIDEMIOLOGIA E SERVICOS DE SAUDE; v. 29, n. 5 2020.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Objective: To analyze factors associated with mortality from traumatic injuries among motorcyclists. Methods: This was a prospective cohort conducted at the Municipal Hospital of Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, in 2015. Motorcyclists with traumatic injuries, >= 14 years old and hospitalized were included. Sociodemographic, accident and hospitalization variables were analyzed by applying a Poisson regression model showing relative risk (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). Results: Among 190 motorcyclists, 161 (84.7%) young men were found to have 422 (41.8%) injuries to the lower and upper extremities. Incidence of death increased as physiological injury severity (RR= 9.67 {[}95%CI 1.46;64.26] and RR= 4.71 {[}95%CI 1.36;16.261), and anatomical injury severity (RR= 31.49 {[}95%CI 3.72;266.38]) increased, but was lower within up to one week of hospitalization (RR= 0.39 {[}95%CI 0.15;0.98]). Conclusion: Injury severity and length of hospital stay were associated with motorcyclist deaths. Further studies should be conducted to confirm these findings and to analyze the relationships in greater detail. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 14/50032-9 - Sistema de informação e indicadores de qualidade em trauma: análise da morbidade e mortalidade decorrente de lesões traumáticas por acidente de trânsito
• Beneficiário: Iveth Yamaguchi Whitaker
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Pesquisa em Políticas Públicas para o SUS