Title: Incidence of Traffic Accident Traumatic Brain Injury in Saraphi Hospital, Chiangmai.

Abstract

The purposes of this research were study incidence of traffic accident traumatic brain injury, pattern of cranial injury, treatment outcome and cost of treatment of traumatic brain injury case in Saraphi hospital, Chiangmai. This retrospective study was performed 208 cases of traffic accident traumatic brain injury by medical records collecting in 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistic, Chi-square correlation and Logistic regression. The results revealed that total traffic accident cases in Saraphi hospital are 504 cases, incidence of traumatic brain injury case are 208 cases (38.5%). Most of injured sample was male, age between 21-40 year old and mostly Thai nationalities. Motorcycle was used for transport frequently, no personal protective equipment, and mostly no alcohol drinking during driving. Time of injury was frequently in 4.01 p.m. - 12.00 p.m. The factors related to low Glasgow coma scale during discharge from hospital are male p= 0.002, alcoholic drinking p< 0.001 and time of injury 00.01 a.m.- 08.00 a.m. p< 0.001. The research suggests the direction to plan strategies for safety driving reduce traffic accident in Saraphi district especially male people to use personal protective equipment, no alcoholic drinking during driving and not driving at night time.