Prevalence of Road Traffic Accidents (Rtas) and Factors Contributes to Fracture Among Adolescents in Peshawar, Pakistan. A Multicentric Study Approach

BACKGROUND: Injuries are taking alarming but insidious shape in the current century, among these injuries Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) are a leading contributor. Low and middle-income countries such as Pakistan have a high prevalence of it. OBJECTIVES: This study was intended to investigate the prevalence of RTAs among the most prone population of the area which is adolescents. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional descriptive study was done to investigate the prevalence. Data was collected from the emergency departments of four hospitals (MTI-KTH, LRH, HMC & Kuwait Teaching Hospital) in Peshawar, Pakistan. Data was collected through a questionnaire, while analysis was performed as descriptive through tables and charts through SPSS 22. Informed consent was taken from participants while data was accepted by the ethical review committee. RESULTS: The total number of respondents was 258 where the male were a dominant variable that is 79.5% of victims were males and 20.5% were females, and the most common age of victims in adolescents was the age of 16 years (17.2%). it was revealed that 24.41% of the total victims were adolescents, in which the gender of adolescent injury victims were comprised of 81% males and 19% females. where in total victims' ages were between 5-40 years as projected. History of falls (HoF) which is 38.1%, followed by Others which is 30.2%, Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) which is 23.8%, and Physical assault which is 7.9% is the main reasons for fractures among the participants. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of RTAs in the overall age line and adolescents is found to be quite higher, which may be differences in the infrastructure of highways and roads and different literacy rates and awareness, which required an awareness and sensitization campaign and courses among parents and adolescents.