TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Prevalence of nonfatal serious injury due to motor vehicle accidents among Malaysian school-going adolescents: findings from the Adolescent Health Survey, 2017
JO  - Asia-Pacific journal of public health
A1  - Awaluddin, S. Maria
A1  - Ahmad, Fazila Haryati
A1  - Jeevananthan, Chandrika
A1  - Ganapathy, Shubash Shander
A1  - Sooryanarayana, Rajini
A1  - Mohamad Anuar, Mohamad Fuad
A1  - Alias, Nazirah
A1  - Saminathan, Thamil Arasu
A1  - Mohd Yusoff, Muhammad Fadhli
A1  - Rosman, Azriman
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Serious 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1010-5395
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1010539519872662
ID  - ref1
ER  -