BICYCLE ACCIDENTS BY OLD PEOPLE AND THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES

FIETSONGEVALLEN BIJ 50-PLUSSERS EN DE LANGE TERMIJN GEVOLGEN

This study reports the results of a survey about the causes and long-term consequences in patients of 50 years-of-age and older (N=329) who attended the emergency ward at the University Hospital Groningen for treatment of their injuries due to bicycle accidents. Female predominance was observed across all age levels. The majority (28.6%) of the injuries was located at the upper limbs, followed by the head/face (25.8%). It was shown that with increasing age the percentage clinical treatment (hospital stay) also raised, indicating that older persons had more severe injuries than people in younger age groups. The long-term financial consequences of indirect medical costs were on the average 2600 Dutch guilder per patient. 2 years after the accident about 28% of the patients had still psychological problems. For the covering abstract of the report see IRRD 877138.

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  Academisch Ziekenhuis Groningen

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• Authors:
  • Kingma, J
  • DUURSMA, N
• Publication Date: 1995-10

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 23-34
• Serial:
  • FIETSONGEVALLEN
  • Issue Number: RESEARCH REPORT #950
  • Publisher: Academisch Ziekenhuis Groningen

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Aged; Crash severity; Crashes; Cyclists; Females; Head; Hip; Hospitals; Human beings; Injuries; Injury severity; Leg; Statistics; Time duration; Traffic
• Uncontrolled Terms: Long term
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1757: Age; 1742: Cyclist; 2003: Hip (human); 2177: Hospital; 2163: Injury; 2023: Leg (human); 9110: Long term; 1787: Man; 8078: Netherlands; 1746: Old people; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 6555: Statistics; 755: Traffic; 1788: Woman
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00722988
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• ISBN: 90-75191-08-1
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 26 1996 12:00AM