Date of Award
1997
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Hayes, Janice S.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the outcome of adolescent trauma victims with positive toxicology screening who were involved in motor vehicle crashes. This was a retrospective study conducted at an urban Level I trauma center. A sample of 134 subjects with positive toxicology screen, ages 15 to 25, for the period January 1993 to December 1996, were included in the study. Outcome, sex, age, injury severity score, length of stay, and hospital cost were analyzed by multiple regression. A significant relationship between sex, age, injury severity, length of stay, and hospital cost was established (p $<$.0001). Subsequently, Spearman's correlation analysis revealed a significant relationship between outcome, injury severity, discharge, and hospital cost (p $<$.05).
Extent
63 p.
Recommended Citation
Davis, Nora Beatrice, "Adolescent trauma: Motor vehicle crashes while under the influence" (1997). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 1053.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/1053
Identifier
FADT15486
Comments
Thesis (M.S.N.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1997.|Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.N.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1997.