Traumatic injuries in developing countries: report from a nationwide cross-sectional survey of Sierra Leone.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To use a nationwide household survey tool to provide an estimate of injury prevalence, mechanisms of traumatic injuries, and number of injury-related deaths in a low-income country.

Design

A randomized, cross-sectional nationwide survey using the Surgeons OverSeas Assessment of Surgical Need tool was conducted in 2012.

Setting

Sierra Leone, Africa.

Participants

Three thousand seven hundred fifty randomly selected participants throughout Sierra Leone.

Main outcome measures

Mechanisms of injury based on age, sex, anatomic location, cause, and sociodemographic factors as well as mechanisms of injury-related deaths in the previous year were the primary outcome measures.

Results

Data were collected and analyzed from 1843 households and 3645 r

SUBMITTER: Stewart KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4064369 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature