Frequency, characteristics and hospital outcomes of road traffic accidents and their victims in Guinea
A three-year retrospective study from 2015 to 2017
Abstract
Road traffic accidents (RTA) remain a global public health concern in developing countries. The aim of the study was to document the frequency, characteristics and hospital outcomes of road traffic accidents in Guinea from 2015 to 2017.
The authors conducted a retrospective cohort study using medical records of RTA victims from 20 hospitals and a cross-sectional study of RTA cases from 8 police stations in eight districts in Guinea, West Africa. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, trends of RTA, a sequence of interrupted time-series models and a segmented ordinary least-squares (OLS) regression.
This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development’s Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)
Citation
Kourouma K, Delamou A, Lamah L, Camara BS, Kolie D, Sidibé S, Béavogui AH, Owiti P, Manzi M, Ade S, Harries AD. Frequency, characteristics and hospital outcomes of road traffic accidents and their victims in Guinea: a three-year retrospective study from 2015 to 2017. BMC Public Health. BioMed Central; 2019 Dec 31;19(1):1022.