Cassell E P, Finch C F, Stathakis V Z
Monash University Accident Research Centre, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
Br J Sports Med. 2003;37(5):405-9. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.37.5.405.
To quantify and describe medically treated sport and active recreation injuries in a defined region of the Latrobe Valley from 7 November 1994 to 6 November 1995.
A geographic target area was defined, restricted to the six postcodes that fell wholly within the catchment area of the Latrobe Regional Hospital. Data describing medically treated sport and active recreation injuries to Latrobe Valley residents aged over 4 years (about 70,000) were selected by postcode from three sources: the Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset (hospital admissions), the Victorian Injury Surveillance System (presentations to hospital emergency departments), and the Extended Latrobe Valley Injury Surveillance (ELVIS) project (presentations to general practitioners).
At least 2300 cases of medically treated sport and active recreation injury were recorded. This corresponds to a hospital admission rate of 16/10,000 population, emergency department presentation rate of 169/10,000 population, and a general practitioner presentation rate of 187/10,000 population. There were more male patients than female, and younger age groups were also overrepresented, but these data may reflect the greater participation of these groups in sport and active recreation. Australian football was associated with the highest number of injuries (accounting for 24.0% and 22.0% of presentations to emergency departments and general practitioners respectively) followed by cycling (15.7% and 12.6%) and basketball (17.5% and 13.5%).
This study shows that routine health sector data collections in defined populations can provide useful information on the size, distribution, and characteristics of the problem of sport and active recreation injuries at the community level. However, all current health sector systems for injury data collection and surveillance require attention to improve case capture and identification and data quality.
对1994年11月7日至1995年11月6日期间拉特罗布山谷特定区域内接受医学治疗的运动和积极休闲活动损伤进行量化和描述。
定义了一个地理目标区域，限制在完全位于拉特罗布地区医院集水区内的六个邮政编码区域。通过邮政编码从三个来源选取了描述拉特罗布山谷4岁以上居民（约70,000人）接受医学治疗的运动和积极休闲活动损伤的数据：维多利亚州入院病例数据集（医院入院情况）、维多利亚州损伤监测系统（医院急诊科就诊情况）以及拉特罗布山谷扩展损伤监测（ELVIS）项目（向全科医生就诊情况）。
记录了至少2300例接受医学治疗的运动和积极休闲活动损伤病例。这相当于医院入院率为每10,000人口16例，急诊科就诊率为每10,000人口169例，全科医生就诊率为每10,000人口187例。男性患者多于女性，年轻年龄组的比例也过高，但这些数据可能反映了这些群体在运动和积极休闲活动中的参与度更高。澳大利亚式足球导致的损伤数量最多（分别占急诊科就诊和全科医生就诊的24.0%和22.0%），其次是骑自行车（15.7%和12.6%）和篮球（17.5%和13.5%）。
本研究表明，在特定人群中进行常规卫生部门数据收集可以提供有关社区层面运动和积极休闲活动损伤问题的规模、分布和特征的有用信息。然而，当前所有卫生部门用于损伤数据收集和监测的系统都需要关注以改善病例捕获、识别和数据质量。
