Frequency, Profile and Outcomes of Motorcycle Accident Victims Hospitalized at Saint Joseph Hospital in Kinshasa

Introduction: Road traffic accidents are a major but neglected public health problem, which calls for concerted efforts to ensure effective prevention on a long-term basis. It is in this perspective that the present study aimed to assess the frequency, profile and outcomes of victims hospitalized at Saint Joseph Hospital. Method: It is a quantitative, descriptive and retrospective study, spreading over a period from 2015 to 2017. The documentary analysis method was used to identify the files of the victims and to collect the information useful to the study. 168 cases were identified, of which only 106 were concerned victims of motorcycle accidents. Results: After the analysis of the data, the results show a frequency of motorcycle accidents amounting to 63% for a period, the profile of the accident victims is characterized by an average age of 37 ± 18 years; the male sex is predominant with 59.4%; 52.8% of victims are married; these accident victims are respectively civil servants (25.5%), students (students) (21.7%), motorcyclists (19.8%), and vendors (his) (16.0%); most of them have a higher education level and university 49.1% and secondary 40.6%; 95% of victims were in normal physical condition (without psychopathy or intoxication); and finally, 71.7% of the victims come from the Mont Amba District. 50.9% had fractures and the others had either wounds, visceral trauma, or head trauma and associated injuries, and 46.2% of these injuries were to the lower limbs. There is no association between the clinical characteristics of victims and their accident outcomes.