Características de accidentes de tránsito, severidad del trauma y factores asociados. Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso, 2019

Abstract

Background: in 2018 the WHO indicated that deaths from traffic accidents were 1.35 million annually on average, injuries caused by these accidents are the main cause of death in people between 5 and 29 years of age. In Ecuador in 2019, the National Traffic Agency (ANT) reported a total of 24,595 traffic accidents, resulting in 19,999 people injured and 2,180 people killed, the main cause being the negligence of the driver. Objective: to determine the characteristics of traffic accidents, the severity of the trauma and the associated risk factors of the patients treated in the emergency area of the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital in 2019. Methodological design: this is a retrospective study that has a descriptive and an analytical phase. For the quantification of the sample size, the Epi Info 0.7 program and the formula of a proportion were used, taking into account the following parameters: expected frequency of 11.3% of patients who were in large and heavy vehicles in the accident, 95% confidence level, 80% power, 3% accuracy, resulting in 362 patients. Simple and composite tables will be used in the presentation of results. Hypothesis contrast tests will be used: Chi square test for qualitative variables. For the analysis of association with risk factors, the data will be organized in a 2 x 2 table and the multivariate logistic regression model will be used, obtaining the Adjusted Odds Ratio (OR) values. Use of results: to stage traffic accidents according to their characteristics, severity of trauma and associated risk factors, to make recommendations to the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital emergency service to face this reality. This study will be stored in the repository of the University of Cuenca, available for students’ consultation.