台灣地區腳踏車頭部外傷之探討

台灣地區腳踏車頭部外傷之探討

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% ）及 70 歲以上（ 19.6% ） ; 男性佔 64.7% ，女性佔 35.3

% ；與受傷者相撞的物體 41.2% 為汽車、 33.3% 為機車 ; 有 21.6% 的人受傷後昏迷指數為中重度，雖然大部分的人 都有良好的預後情形，但仍有 5% 的人最後為死亡，安全 帽對於頭部外傷傷者有無意識喪失及顱內出血的危險性，

有明顯減少的現象。在本研究中，騎腳踏車者之安全帽的 使用率很低，除了本研究的結果外，台灣應有更多相關的 研究去探討腳踏車頭部外傷的預防方法，以期降低腳踏車 頭部外傷的人數及嚴重度。

A Study of Bicycle Related Head Injuries in Taiwan

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Bicycle injury is a serious public health issue. However, currently there are only a few studies

concerning bicycle-related injuries. The purpose of this study was to survey the relationship be

tween different sex, age groups, injury patterns, severity, outcome and the effectiveness of bic

ycle helmets. Our study collected 2,127 bicycle-related head injury patients from 56 hospitals

during the period of July 1st, 1995 to June 30th, 2002. The result shows majority of the injurie

s concentrated in the age groups of 10-19 years old (35.2%) and over 70 years old (19.6%) ；

The males occupied 64.7% and the females occupied 35.3%. The types of objects that bicycles

most often collide with were cars (41.2%) and motorcycles (33.3%). 21.6% of injured patients

showed moderate or severe in coma scales. Though most of the people had a good recovery rat

e, there were still 5% of patients, which resulted in death. Wearing a bicycle helmet can obvio

usly reduce the risk in loss of consciousness and intracranial hemorrhage. The bicycle helmet

usage rates were quite low in our study. More related studies should be performed in the future

to evaluate the prevention methods, thus reducing the bicycle-related head injuries.