Quality Of Life Post Traffic Accidents Among Youth

Introduction: Traffic accidents cause more than 1.2 million deaths every year, and the leading
cause of death among youth aged 15-24 years in Egypt. Aim :This study aimed to evaluate
Quality of life post traffic accidents among youth. Design: A descriptive analytical design was
utilized to conduct this study . Setting: The study was conducted at outpatient clinic orthopedic
hospital Ain Shams University Hospitals, and El Helal Hospital. Sample: A purposive sample
consists of 250 cases available of youth post traffic accidents after three months from accidents.
Tools: three tools were used for data collection, the first tool: An interviewing questionnaire. The
second tools: Medical record. Third tool, Universal pain assessment tool. Results: The result
found that 71.2% of the total sample of youth post traffic accidents was male and 28.8% of them
were female and 80.8%aged for 21-24 years. Most of them had poor quality of life as 90.8% for
physical, 99.2% for psychological, 98.8% for social, and 97.2% for spiritual dimension .There
were 33.2% of study sample achieved their total health needs while 66.8% of them couldn’t
achieve them . Also there were a highly statistical significant association between sociodemographic characteristics of youth post traffic accidents and their health needs and problems at
P= 0.001. Conclusion: The study concluded that there was a highly significant relation between
quality of life for youth post traffic accidents and their total independency level for all daily
living activities where p =0.001. Recommendation: Health education program for youth post
traffic accident and their family to secure them and help them to cope effectively with their
disabilities which may have positive effect on improvement of their quality of life