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The Impact of Traffic Law Enforcement Regulations on the Incidence and Severity of Maxillofacial Injuries

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the new traffic law enforcement regulations (TLERs) on the incidence and severity of maxillofacial injuries in Oman, as road traffic accidents (RTAs) are the main cause of facial injuries in Oman. METHODS: A retrospective longitudinal analy...

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Autores principales: Albakri, Abdullah, Al-Hashmi, Ahmed, Bakathir, Abdulaziz, Al Hashmi, Shikhan, Al Rashdi, Said, Al Hasani, Khamis, Al Ismaily, Mohammed
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, College of Medicine & Health Sciences 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9645522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36407700
http://dx.doi.org/10.18295/squmj.9.2021.129
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author Albakri, Abdullah
Al-Hashmi, Ahmed
Bakathir, Abdulaziz
Al Hashmi, Shikhan
Al Rashdi, Said
Al Hasani, Khamis
Al Ismaily, Mohammed
author_facet Albakri, Abdullah
Al-Hashmi, Ahmed
Bakathir, Abdulaziz
Al Hashmi, Shikhan
Al Rashdi, Said
Al Hasani, Khamis
Al Ismaily, Mohammed
author_sort Albakri, Abdullah
collection PubMed
description OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the new traffic law enforcement regulations (TLERs) on the incidence and severity of maxillofacial injuries in Oman, as road traffic accidents (RTAs) are the main cause of facial injuries in Oman. METHODS: A retrospective longitudinal analytic study was conducted at three tertiary care hospitals in Muscat, Oman. All patients with RTA-related maxillofacial injuries during a five-year period from January 2005 to December 2009 (before the new TLERs) and the five-year period from January 2015 to December 2019 (after the new TLERs) were included in the study. RESULTS: A total of 1,127 patients were included in the study. Of these, 646 (57.3%) patients sustained RTA-related maxillofacial injuries before the implementation of the new TLERs compared to 481 (42.7%) after the introduction of TLERs. No significant gender-based difference was found between the two study periods. The incidence of injury before the implementation of the new TLERs was 22.7 per 100,000 population, which then reduced significantly to 11 per 100,000 after the TLERs were implemented. Overall, the mean facial injury severity score reduced significantly, from 3.2 to 2.3, after the implementation of the new TLERs. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study indicate that the newly introduced TLERs have resulted in a reduction in the incidence and severity of RTA-related maxillofacial injuries. Continuous improvement and reinforcement of TLERs will further help reduce the burden of these injuries to society in general and health services in particular.
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spelling pubmed-96455222022-11-18 The Impact of Traffic Law Enforcement Regulations on the Incidence and Severity of Maxillofacial Injuries Albakri, Abdullah Al-Hashmi, Ahmed Bakathir, Abdulaziz Al Hashmi, Shikhan Al Rashdi, Said Al Hasani, Khamis Al Ismaily, Mohammed Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J Clinical & Basic Research OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the new traffic law enforcement regulations (TLERs) on the incidence and severity of maxillofacial injuries in Oman, as road traffic accidents (RTAs) are the main cause of facial injuries in Oman. METHODS: A retrospective longitudinal analytic study was conducted at three tertiary care hospitals in Muscat, Oman. All patients with RTA-related maxillofacial injuries during a five-year period from January 2005 to December 2009 (before the new TLERs) and the five-year period from January 2015 to December 2019 (after the new TLERs) were included in the study. RESULTS: A total of 1,127 patients were included in the study. Of these, 646 (57.3%) patients sustained RTA-related maxillofacial injuries before the implementation of the new TLERs compared to 481 (42.7%) after the introduction of TLERs. No significant gender-based difference was found between the two study periods. The incidence of injury before the implementation of the new TLERs was 22.7 per 100,000 population, which then reduced significantly to 11 per 100,000 after the TLERs were implemented. Overall, the mean facial injury severity score reduced significantly, from 3.2 to 2.3, after the implementation of the new TLERs. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study indicate that the newly introduced TLERs have resulted in a reduction in the incidence and severity of RTA-related maxillofacial injuries. Continuous improvement and reinforcement of TLERs will further help reduce the burden of these injuries to society in general and health services in particular. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, College of Medicine & Health Sciences 2022-11 2022-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9645522/ /pubmed/36407700 http://dx.doi.org/10.18295/squmj.9.2021.129 Text en © Copyright 2022, Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, All Rights Reserved https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
spellingShingle Clinical & Basic Research
Albakri, Abdullah
Al-Hashmi, Ahmed
Bakathir, Abdulaziz
Al Hashmi, Shikhan
Al Rashdi, Said
Al Hasani, Khamis
Al Ismaily, Mohammed
The Impact of Traffic Law Enforcement Regulations on the Incidence and Severity of Maxillofacial Injuries
title The Impact of Traffic Law Enforcement Regulations on the Incidence and Severity of Maxillofacial Injuries
title_full The Impact of Traffic Law Enforcement Regulations on the Incidence and Severity of Maxillofacial Injuries
title_fullStr The Impact of Traffic Law Enforcement Regulations on the Incidence and Severity of Maxillofacial Injuries
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Traffic Law Enforcement Regulations on the Incidence and Severity of Maxillofacial Injuries
title_short The Impact of Traffic Law Enforcement Regulations on the Incidence and Severity of Maxillofacial Injuries
title_sort impact of traffic law enforcement regulations on the incidence and severity of maxillofacial injuries
topic Clinical & Basic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9645522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36407700
http://dx.doi.org/10.18295/squmj.9.2021.129
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