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PERSIAN Traffic Safety and Health Cohort: a study protocol on postcrash mental and physical health consequences.
Sadeghi-Bazargani, Homayoun; Shahedifar, Nasrin; Somi, Mohammad Hossein; Poustchi, Hossein; Bazargan-Hejazi, Shahrzad; Asghari Jafarabadi, Mohammad; Sadeghi, Vahideh; Golestani, Mina; Pourasghar, Faramarz; Mohebbi, Iraj; Ahmadi, Sajjad; Shafiee-Kandjani, Ali Reza; Ala, Alireza; Abdi, Salman; Rezaei, Mahdi; Farahbakhsh, Mostafa.
  • Sadeghi-Bazargani H; Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran (the Islamic Republic of) homayoun.bazargani@gmail.com swshahedi@gmail.com.
  • Shahedifar N; Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran (the Islamic Republic of) homayoun.bazargani@gmail.com swshahedi@gmail.com.
  • Somi MH; Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Research Group, Turku Brain Injury Center, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
  • Poustchi H; Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran (the Islamic Republic of).
  • Bazargan-Hejazi S; Liver and Pancreatobiliary Diseases Research Center, Digestive Disease Research Institute, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (the Islamic Republic of).
  • Asghari Jafarabadi M; College of Medicine, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, USA.
  • Sadeghi V; Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran (the Islamic Republic of).
  • Golestani M; Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran (the Islamic Republic of).
  • Pourasghar F; Health Services Management Department, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran (the Islamic Republic of).
  • Mohebbi I; Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran (the Islamic Republic of).
  • Ahmadi S; Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran (the Islamic Republic of).
  • Shafiee-Kandjani AR; Department of Occupational Medicine, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran (the Islamic Republic of).
  • Ala A; Emergency Medicine Research Team, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
  • Abdi S; Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran (the Islamic Republic of).
  • Rezaei M; Emergency and Trauma Care Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
  • Farahbakhsh M; Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran (the Islamic Republic of).
Inj Prev ; 28(3): 269-279, 2022 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1861642
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Cohort studies play essential roles in assessing causality, appropriate interventions. The study, Post-crash Prospective Epidemiological Research Studies in IrAN Traffic Safety and Health Cohort, aims to investigate the common health consequences of road traffic injuries (RTIs) postcrash through multiple follow-ups.

METHODS:

This protocol study was designed to analyse human, vehicle and environmental factors as exposures relating to postcrash outcomes (injury, disability, death, property damage, quality of life, etc). Population sources include registered injured people and followed up healthy people in precrash cohort experienced RTIs. It includes four first-year follow-ups, 1 month (phone-based), 3 months (in-person, video/phone call), 6 and 12 months (phone-based) after crash. Then, 24-month and 36-month follow-ups will be conducted triennially. Various questionnaires such as Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Questionnaire, Patient Health Questionnaire, WHO Disability Assessment Schedules, Cost-related Information, etc are completed. Counselling with a psychiatrist and a medical visit by a practitioner are provided accompanied by extra tools (simulator-based driving assessment, and psychophysiological tests). Through preliminary recruitment plan, 5807, 2905, 2247 and 1051 subjects have been enrolled, respectively at the baseline, first, second and third follow-ups by now. At baseline, cars and motorcycles accounted for over 30% and 25% of RTIs. At first follow-up, 27% of participants were pedestrians engaged mostly in car crashes. Around a fourth of injuries were single injuries. Car occupants were injured in 40% of collisions.

DISCUSSION:

The study provides an opportunity to investigate physical-psychosocial outcomes of RTIs, predictors and patterns at follow-up phases postinjury through longitudinal assessments, to provide advocates for evidence-based safety national policy-making.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Wounds and Injuries / Pedestrians Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Inj Prev Journal subject: Pediatrics / Traumatology Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Wounds and Injuries / Pedestrians Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Inj Prev Journal subject: Pediatrics / Traumatology Year: 2022 Document Type: Article