title: Factors associated with speech-language disorders in motorcycle accident victims.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate factors associated with speech-language disorders in victims of motorcycle accidents.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a cross-sectional study. Victims of motorcycle accidents studied were treated at Hospital da Restauração between June and July 2014. The data were collected by consulting the records and direct interviews with these, at admission and after discharge. For analysis were raised single frequencies, average and chi-square test or Fisher's exact test. The margin of error used in the statistical tests was 5%, and the intervals were obtained with 95% reliability.
  
  
  RESULTS
  99 individuals were studied, 90.9% male, the mean age of 32.7 years. It found a high percentage of 42.3% of drunk drivers and 51.5% were not enabled. The Head Injuries were present in 30.3% of cases. The most affected body area were the lower limbs (71.7%), followed by the head and face region (56.6%). It was also found that 30.3% had complaints of speech pathology after hospital discharge and a statistically significant association between speech therapy complaint and not enabled (p=0.012) and collisions between bikes (p=0.004).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was a high percentage of lesions in the head and face resulting from accidents, associated mainly not eligible to drive bike and collisions between motorcycles, suggesting that these factors can aggravate injuries speech therapy.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE - Recife (PE), Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Gabriella Pacheco da
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE - Recife (PE), Brasil.
authors.forename: Vanessa de Lima
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE - Recife (PE), Brasil.
authors.forename: Mirella Rodrigues Bezerra
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Vilela
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE - Recife (PE), Brasil.
authors.forename: Adriana de Oliveira Camargo
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE - Recife (PE), Brasil.
authors.forename: Ilka Veras
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Falcão
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE - Recife (PE), Brasil.
authors.forename: Ana Karina Pessoa da Silva
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Cabral
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE - Recife (PE), Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Luiza Lopes Timóteo de
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lima
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009049:Motorcycles; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications; D055815:Young Adult