Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Occup Med (Lond). 2009 Oct;59(7):493-8. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqp101. Epub 2009 Jul 29.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is developing rapidly, with many foreign construction, farm and industrial workers.
To assess the epidemiology of occupational injury hospitalizations using a trauma registry.
Surgical admissions from March 2003 to April 2005 were recorded in the registry at the main trauma hospital in Al Ain city (population 348,000). Prevention-related variables were analysed using SPSS and severity was quantified by injury severity scores (ISS).
There were 614 occupational injury hospitalizations, an incidence of approximately 136/100,000 workers/year. Males accounted for 98% of injuries, the 25-44 age group for 69% and non-nationals for 96%. External causes included falls 51%, falling objects 15%, powered machines 11%, animal-related 7% and burns 6%. Median ISS was 4 for all six main external causes. Extremities were most frequently injured, followed by chest, head and neck, abdomen and face. Mean hospitalization duration was 9.4 days, with 36% hospitalized for >1 week.
The main external causes were proportionately much more frequent than in industrialized countries. Effective countermeasures are needed to reduce the incidence and severity of occupational injury among vulnerable migrant workers in the UAE.
阿联酋正在迅速发展，有许多外国建筑、农场和工业工人。
利用创伤登记处评估职业伤害住院的流行病学情况。
2003 年 3 月至 2005 年 4 月，在艾因市（人口 348000 人）的主要创伤医院的登记处记录了手术入院情况。使用 SPSS 分析了预防相关变量，并通过损伤严重程度评分（ISS）量化了严重程度。
共有 614 例职业伤害住院，发病率约为 136/100000 工人/年。男性占 98%，25-44 岁年龄组占 69%，非国民占 96%。外部原因包括跌倒 51%，物体坠落 15%，动力机器 11%，动物相关 7%和烧伤 6%。所有六个主要外部原因的中位数 ISS 为 4。四肢受伤最常见，其次是胸部、头部和颈部、腹部和面部。平均住院时间为 9.4 天，36%的人住院时间超过 1 周。
主要的外部原因比例明显高于工业化国家。需要采取有效的对策，以降低阿联酋弱势移民工人职业伤害的发生率和严重程度。
