Research Article

Motorcycle Accidents and Their Outcomes amongst Victims Admitted to Health Facilities in Guinea: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Logistic regression showing mortality predictors in victims of motorcycle and other types of road traffic accident who were admitted to a hospital in Guinea, 2015 to 2017.

VariablesDeath
Unadjusted models
OR (95% CI)
valueAdjusted models
AOR (95% CI)
value

Age
Children0.8 (0.5–1.1)0.1612.2 (0.5–8.1)0.285
Youth0.5 (0.3–0.7)<0.0010.3 (0.1–0.8)0.013
Adults10.1611
Elderly1.0 (0.5–1.7)0.8430.2 (0.0–1.5)0.110
Sex
Female11
Male1.3 (1.0–1.9)0.0730.7 (0.3–1.7)0.499
Type of road users
Drivers11
Passengers1.1 (0.7–1.7)0.5920.6 (0.2–1.6)0.297
Pedestrians1.7 (0.9–3.1)0.0870.8 (0.2–3.2)0.701
Occupations
Students11
Sellers1.6 (1.0–2.5)0.0451.0 (0.3–3.7)0.981
Farmers/housewives1.3 (0.9–2.0)0.1880.4 (0.1–1.7)0.232
Employees1.4 (0.9–2.1)0.1501.0 (0.3–3.0)0.991
Drivers2.5 (1.6–3.8)<0.0010.8 (0.2–2.9)0.791
Type of injury
No injury11
Wounds0.1 (0.0–0.2)<0.0010.2 (0.1–0.8)0.027
Traumatic brain injury2.0 (1.0–4.1)0.0570.6 (0.2–2.5)0.489
Fractures0.2 (0.0–1.4)0.1111
Two or more injuries1.2 (0.9–1.6)0.3480.5 (0.2–1.2)0.108
GCS
Normal11
Mild coma7.4 (3.7–14.7)<0.0017.4 (2.1–25.8)0.002
Heavy or deep coma425.1 (292.7–617.4)<0.001776.1 (340.2–1770.7)0.000
Type of RTA
Motorcycle RTA11
Other3.0 (2.3–3.9)<0.0011.8 (0.7–4.3)0.193
Year
201511
20160.7 (0.5–1.0)0.0300.6 (0.2–1.4)0.215
20171.6 (1.2–2.2)0.0011.4 (0.7–2.8)0.385
Districts
Other11
N’Zérékoré4.6 (3.4–6.3)<0.0014.2 (1.6–11.2)0.003
Siguiri0.9 (0.6–1.2)0.4140.7 (0.2–2.4)0.514

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; GCS: Glasgow Coma Score.