Prevalence and causes of hospitalization in victims admitted to emergency department of Imam Hossein hospital in Shahroud

Accidents are second cause of disabilities and could lead to physical and psycological disorders and even death. The aims of this study were to evaluate the prevalence and causes of hospitalization in victims that admitted to emergency department of Imam Hossein hospital in Shahroud. This study is a descriptive analytic and cross-sectional research that has been done on 3027 victims of different accidents referred to emergency department of Imam Hossein hospital in Shahroud. Necessary data were obtained through questionnaire and archived file during one year in hospital.The data was analyzed by using descriptive and analytic statistic methods. Upon to results, from all 3027 victims, 73.7% were male and 26.3% were female. Also, the majority of victims had 15-20 years old and the most of them were married. 42% of accidents were included traffic accidents and from 51.3% of accidents that their placed were determined, 83.4% of them were happened in street and in summer and in September and also in evenfall. In this study, significant correlation have seen between accident type and age, sex, accident place, season and month and accident time (P<0.05). Statistical tests didn,t revealed significant correlation between accident type and accident day (P>0.05). Accidents are preventable and require improving knowledge of people about importance of safety principles during driving and also increasing the safety factor in roads and streets. Effective heath and therapeutic planning in medical and emergency centers is essential for decreasing the rate of mortality from accidents.