An examination of crashes, long-term outcomes following motorcycle crashes in Ho Chi Minh City: Longitudinal Study

Abstract

The study aimed to identify risk factors for hospitalised motorcyclists due to a motorcycle crash in Vietnam; and determine changes in health-related quality of life, functional status, pain, return to work/study, and depression at baseline, 6 and 12 months post-injures, and factors associated with poor outcomes. The outcomes of injured motorcyclists improved over 12 months post-injury but had not returned to pre-injury levels. The findings have implications for practice, policy and research in Vietnam.