Injuries related to bicycle accidents: an epidemiological study in The Netherlands

• Published in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery (Munich : 2007) 2020-04, Vol.46 (2), p.413-418
• Main Authors: de Guerre, Livia E. V. M., Sadiqi, Said, Leenen, Loek P. H., Oner, Cumhur F., van Gaalen, Steven M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Abbreviated Injury Scale; Accidents - mortality; Accidents - statistics & numerical data; Accidents, Traffic - mortality; Accidents, Traffic - statistics & numerical data; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Bicycling - injuries; Craniocerebral Trauma - epidemiology; Critical Care Medicine; Emergency Medicine; Epidemiology; Female; Head Protective Devices - statistics & numerical data; Health risk assessment; Hospital Mortality; Hospitalization; Humans; Injury Severity Score; Intensive; Intracranial Hemorrhage, Traumatic - epidemiology; Logistic Models; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Mortality; Multiple Trauma - epidemiology; Multivariate Analysis; Netherlands - epidemiology; Original Article; Risk factors; Spinal Injuries - epidemiology; Sports Medicine; Surgery; Surgical Orthopedics; Thoracic Injuries - epidemiology; Trauma; Trauma Centers; Traumatic Surgery; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1863-9933; 1863-9941
• DOI: 10.1007/s00068-018-1033-5

Background This study aims to analyze the incidence and outcomes of bicycle-related injuries in hospitalized patients in The Netherlands. Methods Bicycle accidents resulting in hospitalization in a level-I trauma center in The Netherlands between 2007 and 2017 were retrospectively identified. We subcategorized data of patients involved in a regular bicycle, race bike, off-road bike or e-bike accident. The primary outcomes were mortality rate and incidence of multitrauma. Secondary outcomes were differences between bicycle subcategories. Independent risk factors were identified using multivariable logistic regression. All variables with a p value