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Prevalence of Nonfatal Serious Injury Due to Motor Vehicle Accidents Among Malaysian School-Going Adolescents: Findings From the Adolescent Health Survey 2017

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dc.contributor.authorS Maria Awaluddin
dc.contributor.authorFazila Haryati Ahmad
dc.contributor.authorChandrika Jeevananthan
dc.contributor.authorShubash Shander Ganapathy
dc.contributor.authorRajini Sooryanarayana
dc.contributor.authorMohamad Fuad Mohamad Anuar
dc.contributor.authorNazirah Alias
dc.contributor.authorThamil Arasu Saminathan
dc.contributor.authorMuhammad Fadhli Mohd Yusoff
dc.contributor.authorAzriman Rosman
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-31T07:04:04Z
dc.date.available2024-07-31T07:04:04Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractSerious injury due to motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) significantly contributes to the adolescents’ health status. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of nonfatal injury due to MVAs and its associated factors among Malaysian school-going adolescents. Nationally representative samples were selected via 2-stage stratified cluster sampling. Data was collected using a validated self-administered questionnaire. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the associations between the variables. A total of 1088 out of 27 497 adolescents reported that they had sustained serious injury due to MVAs with a prevalence of 4.1% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.7-4.5). Serious injury due to MVAs among adolescents was positively associated with being current cigarette smokers (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 2.5; 95% CI = 2.2-2.9), followed by Malay ethnicity (aOR = 2.4; 95% CI = 1.9-3.0), current drug users (aOR = 2.3; 95% CI = 1.9-3.0), boys (aOR = 2.1; 95% CI = 1.8-2.4), Indian ethnicity (aOR = 1.8; 95% CI = 1.2-2.5), and those who were in upper secondary school (aOR = 1.3; 95% CI = 1.2-1.5). Targeted intervention and curbing substance use among boys may reduce the morbidities from MVAs and its resulting complications.
dc.identifier.doiDOI:10.1177/1010539519872662
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.nih.gov.my/handle/123456789/774
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofAsia Pacific Journal of Public Health
dc.subjectAdolescents
dc.subjectMalaysia
dc.subjectSchool-based
dc.subjectMVAs
dc.subjectSubstance use
dc.titlePrevalence of Nonfatal Serious Injury Due to Motor Vehicle Accidents Among Malaysian School-Going Adolescents: Findings From the Adolescent Health Survey 2017
dc.typejournal-article
dspace.entity.typePublication
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