Demographic and clinical profile of an inception cohort of road trauma survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Road trauma is a major public health concern, often resulting in reduced health-related quality of life and prolonged absenteeism from work even after so-called 'minor' injuries that do not result in hospitalization. This manuscript compares pre-injury health, sociodemographic characteristics and injury details between age, sex, and road user categories in a cohort of 1,480 road trauma survivors.

Methods

This was a prospective observational inception cohort study of road trauma survivors recruited between July 2018 and March 2020 from three trauma centres in British Columbia, Canada. Participants were aged ≥ 16 years and arrived in a participating emergency department within 24 h of involvement in a motor vehicle collision. Data were collected from structured inte

SUBMITTER: Pei LX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10422727 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature