BACKGROUND Road Traffic Incident (RTI) has been commonly reported as a major public health problem around the world and the incidence is higher in low and middle income countries, such as Ethiopia than high income countries. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and factors associated with RTI among adolescents and children in the hospitals of Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia. METHODS A cross-sectional study design was employed among 830 injured children visiting the Emergency Department of four randomly selected hospitals of Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia between February 1 and April 30, 2016. Data were entered into EPI info version 7 and then exported to SPSS version 20, for further analysis. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression models were fitted. Adjusted odds ratio with its 95% confidence interval was used to determine the statistical significance. RESULTS The overall prevalence of RTI, from all injury cases, was 20%. Socioeconomic status, being wealthy (AOR: 0.08, 95% CI, 0.01, 0.45) and middle income (AOR: 0.40,95% CI, 0.17, 0.97), parental/guardian education/no education (AOR: 6.91, 95% CI, 2.52, 8.93), mothers marital status/divorced (AOR: 0.01, 95% CI, 0.01, 0.05), and leaving a child with another child for sometime (AOR: 2.56, CI 1.06, 6.20) and most often (AOR: 4.77, CI, 1.15, 9.77) were factors independently associated with RTI . CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION The prevalence of RTI was found to be high. RTI prevention needs critical consideration and the intervention strategies shall focus on those families who are practicing of leaving a child with another child.

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埃塞俄比亚阿姆哈拉地区国家医院的青少年和儿童道路交通事件的患病率和相关因素。

背景技术道路交通事故（RTI）在世界范围内被普遍报道为主要的公共卫生问题，在埃塞俄比亚等低收入和中等收入国家，其发病率高于高收入国家。这项研究的目的是评估埃塞俄比亚阿姆哈拉州立医院的青少年和儿童中RTI的患病率和相关因素。方法采用横断面研究设计，于2016年2月1日至2016年4月30日在埃塞俄比亚阿姆哈拉州立州四家随机选择的医院的急诊科就诊的830名受伤儿童中使用。数据输入到EPI信息版本7中，然后输出到SPSS版本20，以供进一步分析。拟合单变量和多变量逻辑回归模型。调整后的比值比及其95％的置信区间用于确定统计显着性。结果在所有受伤病例中，RTI的总体患病率为20％。社会经济地位，有钱（AOR：0.08，95％CI，0.01，0.45）和中等收入（AOR：0.40,95％CI，0.17，0.97），父母/监护人教育/未接受教育（AOR：6.91，95％CI ，2.52、8.93），母亲的婚姻状况/离婚（AOR：0.01、95％CI，0.01、0.05），并将一个孩子与另一个孩子相处一段时间（AOR：2.56，CI 1.06、6.20），而最常见的情况是（AOR： 4.77，CI，1.15，9.77）是与RTI独立相关的因素。结论和推荐发现RTI的患病率很高。预防RTI需认真考虑，干预策略应集中在那些试图将一个孩子和另一个孩子放在一起的家庭中。