Effect of COVID-19 on epidemiological characteristics of road traffic injuries in Suzhou: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: To present the new trends in epidemiology of road traffic injuries (RTIs) during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Suzhou., METHODS: Pre-hospital records of RTIs from January to May in 2020 and the same period in 2019 were obtained from the database of Suzhou pre-hospital emergency center, Jiangsu, China. Data were extracted for analysis, including demographic characteristics, pre-hospital vital signs, transport, shock index, consciousness, pre-hospital death. A retrospective study comparing epidemiological characteristics of RTIs in Suzhou during the 5-month period in 2020 to the parallel period in 2019 was performed., RESULTS: A total of 7288 RTIs in 2020 and 8869 in 2019 met inclusion criteria. The overall volume of RTIs has statistical difference between the 2 years (p < 0.001), with fewer RTIs in 2020 compared with 2019. Electric bicycle related RTIs increased during the pandemic (2641, 36.24% vs 2380, 26.84%, p < 0.001), with a higher incidence of RTIs with disorder of consciousness (DOC) (7.22% vs 6.13%, p = 0.006)., CONCLUSIONS: Under the impact of COVID-19, the total number of RTIs in Suzhou from January to May 2020 decreased. This observation was coupled with a rise in electric bicycle related injuries and an increase in the incidence of RTIs with DOC.

• Record URL:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-021-00483-7
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2021 Wenjuan Huang et al.
• Authors:
  • Huang, Wenjuan
  • Lin, Qi
  • Xu, Feng
  • Chen, Du
• Publication Date: 2021

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 88
• Serial:
  • BMC Emergency Medicine
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: BioMed Central
  • ISSN: 1471-227X
  • Serial URL: https://bmcemergmed.biomedcentral.com/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: COVID-19; Crash injuries; Epidemiology; Highway safety
• Geographic Terms: Suzhou (China)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01781949
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 2021 2:52PM