Abstract
To investigate factors associated with speech-language disorders in victims of motorcycle accidents. This is a cross-sectional study. Victims of motorcycle accidents studied were treated at Hospital da Restauração between June and July 2014. The data were collected by consulting the records and direct interviews with these, at admission and after discharge. For analysis were raised single frequencies, average and chi-square test or Fisher's exact test. The margin of error used in the statistical tests was 5%, and the intervals were obtained with 95% reliability. 99 individuals were studied, 90.9% male, the mean age of 32.7 years. It found a high percentage of 42.3% of drunk drivers and 51.5% were not enabled. The Head Injuries were present in 30.3% of cases. The most affected body area were the lower limbs (71.7%), followed by the head and face region (56.6%). It was also found that 30.3% had complaints of speech pathology after hospital discharge and a statistically significant association between speech therapy complaint and not enabled (p=0.012) and collisions between bikes (p=0.004). There was a high percentage of lesions in the head and face resulting from accidents, associated mainly not eligible to drive bike and collisions between motorcycles, suggesting that these factors can aggravate injuries speech therapy.
Highlights
Traffic accidents (ATs) are becoming an epidemy in several countries, and they are entering in the public health agenda as morbidities and mortalities due to external causes, affecting the younger age groups of productive age, and generating enormous economic, social and emotional repercussions(1).When observing the rates of ATs by motorcycles, the data are more expressive
The main objective of this study was to analyze the association of speech-language disorders in motorcycle accident victims. This is an observational and cross-sectional study occurring in two moments: for the first moment, there was a characterization of the victims of traffic accidents by motorcycles, hospitalized in a large hospital and referred in Traumas; for the second moment, the individuals were contacted by telephone after being discharged to investigate the speech-language disorders resulting from the accident
The characteristics of gender, young age group, low education level and income of the studied population confirm the findings of other studies(8,9), verifying that the male population is the most affected by this type of traffic accident, with a mean age of 32.7 years old
Summary
When observing the rates of ATs by motorcycles, the data are more expressive. Motorcyclists are highlighted among the victims of traffic in Brazil. This can be due to the use of this vehicle as a means of rapid transportation and as a working tool, corresponding to an increase of almost 51% in deaths between 2006 and 2010, while other types of accidents, such as pedestrians and cars have reduced or maintained the rates(1,2). According to the World Health Organization, men are the most common victims of motorcycle accidents. The data are worrying when it is considered that ATs are the 9th cause of sequels in the general population and become the largest cause of death in the population aged 5 to 44 years old(1). There were 45,700 fatal victims in 2012, which represents a death every 12 minutes, and 177,400 injured people after the accident with sequels, mutilations, and psychological damage(3)
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