Abu-Zidan Fikri M, Rao Sudhakar
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, PO Box 17666 Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Injury. 2003 Dec;34(12):897-900. doi: 10.1016/s0020-1383(03)00054-8.
Horse riding and handling are uniquely dangerous. Knowledge of the risk factors of horse-related injuries is essential to prevent them. We aimed to define the factors that affect the severity of horse-related injuries and the length of hospital stay. A number of 231 patients (136 females and 95 males) with horse-related injuries were studied. A generalized linear model was used to test the effect of age, sex, cause of injury, complexity of the mechanism of injury, year, place of injury and profession of the injured, on the injury severity score (ISS) and the hospital stay. Fall from a horse was the most common cause of injury (67%). Most of the patients were non-professional (153, 66%). Females were significantly younger than males (P<0.001, t-test). Statistical analysis showed that the primary mechanism of injury (F=2.73, P=0.014) and the complexity of this mechanism (F=4.47, P=0.013) significantly affected the duration of hospital stay. None of the studied variables affected the injury severity score. The mechanism of the horse-related injuries and their complexity significantly affected the duration of hospital stay but not the injury severity score.
骑马和与马打交道具有独特的危险性。了解与马相关伤害的风险因素对于预防此类伤害至关重要。我们旨在确定影响与马相关伤害严重程度及住院时间长短的因素。对231例与马相关受伤的患者（136名女性和95名男性）进行了研究。采用广义线性模型来测试年龄、性别、受伤原因、损伤机制的复杂性、年份、受伤地点以及伤者职业对损伤严重程度评分（ISS）和住院时间的影响。从马背上跌落是最常见的受伤原因（67%）。大多数患者为非专业人士（153例，66%）。女性明显比男性年轻（P<0.001，t检验）。统计分析表明，主要损伤机制（F=2.73，P=0.014）及其复杂性（F=4.47，P=0.013）对住院时间有显著影响。所研究的变量均未影响损伤严重程度评分。与马相关伤害的机制及其复杂性对住院时间有显著影响，但对损伤严重程度评分没有影响。
