Background
Methods
Study design and setting
Study participants
Data collection procedure
Data processing and analysis
Operational and standard definitions
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Injury: Any instance of physical damage to the body or body part.
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Intentional injury: Categorized as interpersonal violence (including violence against intimate partner), collective violence (including war) and self-directed violence (suicide).
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Psychoactive substance: Is defined as psychoactive ingredients that alter mood, cognition and behaviour.
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Outcome of the injury: the intent of the injury that results on the victim like fracture, dislocation, laceration and abrasion.
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Severity of injuryNo injury: Patient who had no accessible injury and no need of any intervention.Minor injury: Patient who had minor injury or superficial injury (e.g. Bruises, minor cut) requiring cleaning of the area.Moderate injury: Patient who had moderate injuries requiring some sort of skilled treatment such as fracture stabilization and suturing of wounds.Severe injury: Patient who had severe injuries requiring intensive medical/surgical management (e.g. internal haemorrhage, moderate/severe head injuries).
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Unintentional injury: Comprises road traffic injuries, fires, falls and drowning.
Results
Variable | Categories | Frequency | Percent |
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Age | ≤24 | 167 | 48.2 |
25–59 | 158 | 45.6 | |
≥60 | 21 | 6.1 | |
Sex | Male | 233 | 67.3 |
Female | 113 | 32.7 | |
Ethnicity | Sidama | 267 | 77.2 |
Amhara | 42 | 12.1 | |
Oromo | 30 | 8.7 | |
Others | 7 | 2 | |
Religion | Protestant | 206 | 59.5 |
Orthodox | 112 | 32.4 | |
Muslim | 28 | 8.1 | |
Marital Status | Married | 187 | 54 |
Single | 156 | 54.1 | |
Others | 3 | 0.9 | |
Residence | Urban | 159 | 46 |
Rural | 187 | 54 | |
Monthly Income (In Ethiopian Birr per month) | < 660 | 138 | 39.9 |
660–1600 | 106 | 30.6 | |
> 1600 | 102 | 29.5 | |
Educational level | Illiterate | 87 | 25.1 |
Primary education | 166 | 48 | |
Secondary education | 64 | 18.5 | |
Higher education | 29 | 8.4 | |
Occupational status | Student | 97 | 28 |
Farmer | 81 | 23.4 | |
Unemployed | 62 | 17.9 | |
Civil servant | 34 | 9.8 | |
Trader of any kind | 25 | 7.2 | |
Daily laborer | 19 | 5.4 | |
Driver | 18 | 5.2 | |
Construction worker | 10 | 2.9 |
Type of injury | Frequency | Percent (%) |
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Bruise | 57 | 33.3 |
Cut/open wound | 42 | 24.6 |
Strain | 18 | 10.5 |
Fracture | 16 | 9.3 |
Concussion | 15 | 8.7 |
Dislocation | 8 | 4.6 |
Organ system | 5 | 2.9 |
Concussion and open wound | 6 | 3.5 |
Concussion and organ system | 3 | 1.7 |
Others | 10 | 5.8 |