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To investigate the use and protective effect of helmets in children injured in bicycle crashes and changes in injury patterns during a period of increased helmet use.Injuries in 4246 children below 16years of age, who attended an A&E ward after a bicycle crash in the Gothenburg region during 1993–2006, were analyzed. The injury severity was classified according to the Abbreviated Injury Scale...
To describe the residual physical problems 1 year after traffic injuries in children with respect to age, gender, extraction (Swedish or foreign), type of care, type of accident and use of protective equipment, type of injury, and the impact on daily living activities.Hospital data were analysed for children, aged 15 or under, after road traffic accidents in the Gothenburg region in 2000. Age, gender,...
To assess the psychosocial consequences of traffic accidents, and to evaluate the effect of an intervention programme to reduce the occurrence and extent of psychosocial residual states.A telephone interview was conducted with 314 individuals, 1(1/2)–2 years after the accident in 1994–1995. The effect of the intervention programme was studied for inpatients, 68 in the study group, and 89 in the control...
Purpose: To compare the accident and the psychosocial circumstances and the consequences of the injuries sustained by intoxicated (alcohol) and sober cyclists in road traffic accidents.Material and methods: A telephone interview was conducted with 207 adults injured 3 years earlier. The group was selected from the list of 1278 cyclists registered at the hospitals in Goteborg in 1995 and 1996. Ninety-five...
A total of 134 people, aged between 25 and 60, were randomly selected from the Traffic Injury Register in Goteborg and interviewed 2 years after the accident. They were asked by telephone about their lives before and after the accident. There was a high rate of complications, even after some minor injuries. Half of the respondents still reported travel anxiety. Pain, fear and fatigue were also...
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