From: Epidemiology of childhood injuries in Saudi Arabia: a scoping review
Author | Timeframe | Study type (sample size) | Relevant findings | Region | STROBE Score |
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(Crankson, 2006) [38] | 1994 - 2003 | Retrospective N=664 | Males represented 71% of MVC injuries MVC injuries represented 42% of pediatric trauma admissions. Mechanism of injury was 71% pedestrians, 27% auto passengers, 1.5% bicyclists and 0.5% motorcyclists. | Riyadh | 12 |
(Al-Jazaeri et al., 2012) [39] | 2001 - 2010 | Retrospective N=89 | Boys represented 72% of MVC injuries Injured children were front seated in 46% of the cases. Front seated children had higher rate of isolated head, neck or facial injuries (51.2% vs 25%, P=.01) Back seated children had higher rates of rollover (52.1% vs 24.4%, P=.02), ejection (41.7% vs 22%, P=.05), and occupant death ratio (14.8% vs 4%, P=.04) and were more likely to have long bone or pelvic fractures (60.4% vs 36.6%, P=.025). | Riyadh | 9 |
(Mohmmedthani et al., 2018) [40] | 2011 - 2016 | Retrospective N=206 | Most of the cases (72.5%) were younger than 10 years. Males represented 75.9% of MVC injures. The isolated femoral shaft fractures represented 70.9%, while femoral shaft fractures with associated injuries represented 29.1%. | Western region - Medina | 15 |
(Alghnam et al., 2020) [41] | 2016 - 2019 | Retrospective N=253 | The proportion of head injury in following MVC was 38.3% and facial injury was 34.8%. Male represented 68.8% of the study population. The majority of injured children (53.8%) were back seated without seatbelts or safety seats while 9.1% were driving. The mortality rate was 2.4%. | Several regions | 18 |