International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion
Volume 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 136-142

Traffic-related pedestrian injuries amongst expatriate workers in Qatar: a need for cross-cultural injury prevention programme (Article)

Latifi R.* , El-Menyar A. , Al-Thani H. , Zarour A. , Parchani A. , Abdulrahman H. , Asim M. , Peralta R. , Consunji R.
  • a Section of Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
  • b Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar, Clinical Research, Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar
  • c Section of Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar
  • d Section of Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar
  • e Section of Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar
  • f Section of Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar
  • g Clinical Research, Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar
  • h Section of Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar
  • i Injury Prevention Section of Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

Abstract

Qatar is a rapidly developing country in which expatriate workers constitute the majority of population. Also, Qatar is an example of right-sided road driving convention (RDC) country. The aim of our study is to analyse the traffic-related pedestrian injuries (TRPI) amongst expatriates in relation to RDC. A retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data of TRPI patients who were admitted to the only Level I trauma centre in Qatar between 2009 and 2011 was performed. Demographics, country of origin, time of injury, injury severity score (ISS), RDC, morbidity and mortality were analysed. Of the 4997 injured patients, 601 (12%) were pedestrians. Of these, 92% were expatriates. The mean age was 31.8 ± 17 and 64% of them were 18–45 years old. Mean ISS was higher in those who were injured on weekends (15.4 ± 10) in comparison to working days (13.5 ± 10) (p = 0.04). The overall mortality was 15%. Sixty-seven percent of those who died were from left RDC countries. Expatriate workers, originally from left RDC countries are disproportionately affected by TRPI. This group of injured patients requires focused injury prevention programmes that are culture and language appropriate. © 2013 Taylor & Francis.

Author Keywords

pedestrians driving conventions Injury prevention expatriates

Index Keywords

Automobile Driving Wounds and Injuries human epidemiology Qatar middle aged Asia statistics and numerical data time factor Asia, Western Time Factors Cultural Competency ethnology cultural competence Accidents, Traffic Young Adult Humans migrant Adolescent male Emigrants and Immigrants female legislation and jurisprudence walking Retrospective Studies Injury Severity Score health education adult injury scale retrospective study Philippines traffic accident mortality car driving
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84937636668&doi=10.1080%2f17457300.2013.857693&partnerID=40&md5=187f35f6b873be731e89bda8a295064d
DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2013.857693
ISSN: 17457300
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English