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Protected copyright. 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 For peer review only - http://bmjopen.bmj.com/site/about/guidelines.xhtml BMJ Open Page 2 of 22 1 BMJ Open: first published as 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044456 on 5 April 2021. Downloaded from 2 3 4 5 SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH 6 7 8 QUAD BIKE CRASHES: PROTOCOL FOR SYSTEMATIC 9 10 11 12 REVIEW OF OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES. 13 14 1 1 2 3 4 15 Preetha Menon , Mohamed El Sadig , Moien AB Khan , Linda Ostlundh , Marwan El Deyarbi , Michal 16 Grivna1, For peer review only 17 18 Ms. Preetha Menon Karuveetil Institute of Public Health , 19 College of Medicine and Health Sciences, 20 United Arab Emirates University, 21 Al Ain, UAE. 22 [email protected] 23 Corresponding author: 24 Dr Mohamed El Sadig El Hag Ahmed 25 P.O. Box 17666, 26 Institute of Public Health, 27 College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, 28 Al Ain, UAE. +971567071888. 29 [email protected] 30 31 Dr Moien AB Khan Chair, Department of Family Medicine, 32 College of Medicine and Health Sciences, http://bmjopen.bmj.com/ 33 United Arab Emirates University, 34 Al Ain, UAE. 35 [email protected] 36 Ms. Linda Ostlundh 37 Director, National Medical Library, 38 College of Medicine and Health Sciences, 39 United Arab Emirates University, 40 Al Ain, UAE. [email protected] on October 2, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. 41 42 Mr Marwan El Deyarbi 43 Department of Pharmacology, 44 College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, 45 Al Ain, UAE. 46 [email protected] 47 48 Dr Michal Grivna Professor and Director, Institute of Public Health, 49 College of Medicine and Health Sciences, 50 United Arab Emirates University, 51 Al Ain, UAE. 52 [email protected] 53 54 Word Count: 2863 1 55 Key Words: Quad Bike, Off-road Motor Vehicle, Injury, Risk Factor, Systematic Review 56 Page 57 58 59 60 For peer review only - http://bmjopen.bmj.com/site/about/guidelines.xhtmlRISK IDENTIFICATION QUAD BIKE SR Page 3 of 22 BMJ Open 1 BMJ Open: first published as 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044456 on 5 April 2021. Downloaded from 2 3 4 5 6 ABSTRACT 7 8 Introduction 9 10 Quad bikes are four-wheeled vehicles, driven off-road on uneven terrains by farmers for work or young 11 12 adults for leisure. Quad bike accidental injuries mostly result due to the unique ecosystem of uneven 13 terrain, where these unstable vehicles are driven, and distinctive demographic characteristics of drivers. 14 15 16 The conventional riskFor factors associated peer with motorreview vehicle injuries only cannot be extrapolated to quad bike 17 injuries. In the absence of any literature on quad bike injuries in the UAE, this study aims to review 18 19 available observational studies from all geographical regions and all demographic groups to identify the 20 21 common risk factors relating to quad bike injuries. This will provide the basis for additional analysis of the 22 problem in the UAE to provide holistic intervention program to control quad bike injuries in the country. 23 24 25 Methods and Analysis 26 27 A comprehensive search for literature on quad bike injuries will be conducted in five electronic databases: 28 29 PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science and PsycInfo. Selected sources for grey literature will be 30 31 included. Five researchers will be involved in the screening, reviewing full text articles, using the inclusion 32 and exclusion criteria. Covidence software (Veritas Health Innovation, 2020) will be used to assist in http://bmjopen.bmj.com/ 33 34 blinded screening, article selection and data extraction. Three researchers will help resolving conflicts 35 36 during screening and will help to verify the extracted data. Information on crashes leading to injury, target 37 population characteristics and risk factors will be collated in addition to assessing the quality of the 38 39 researched articles. 40 41 on October 2, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. 42 Ethics and dissemination 43 44 Since it is a systematic review of published literature, ethical approval is not needed. Results of the 45 46 review will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations and risk 47 reports to the concerned authorities. 48 49 50 Prospero registration number: CRD42020170245 51 52 53 ARTICLE SUMMARY - STRENGTH AND LIMITATIONS OF THIS STUDY 54 2 55 56 Page 57 58 59 60 For peer review only - http://bmjopen.bmj.com/site/about/guidelines.xhtmlRISK IDENTIFICATION QUAD BIKE SR BMJ Open Page 4 of 22 1 BMJ Open: first published as 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044456 on 5 April 2021. Downloaded from 2 3 This study will follow the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 4 5 Protocols (PRISMA-P) guidelines. 6 7 It will attempt to employ a transparent and rigorous screening and review methodology involving 8 multiple independent researchers, using the Covidence software (Veritas Health Innovation, 9 10 2020).