Department of Community Medicine, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Indian J Public Health. 2012 Jul-Sep;56(3):235-7. doi: 10.4103/0019-557X.104262.
Domestic accidents are worldwide health problems. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the rural field practice area of Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore. A total of 5419 individuals were selected from 30 clusters (villages) using cluster sampling technique. Of the 5419 study population, 50.9% (2748) were males and the rest were females. The prevalence of domestic accidents in the rural community was found to be 9.6% (522 individuals who had sustained domestic accidents), was found to be more in females compared with males, which was statistically significant with P-value =0.0077 (Z value =9.09). Falls 43% (225) was the most common type of domestic accidents. The most common place of occurrence of domestic accidents was 46% (243) kitchen, most frequent site of injures in domestic accidents was upper limbs.
国内事故是全球性的健康问题。本研究为横断面研究，在班加罗尔的 Kempegowda 医学科学研究所农村现场实践区进行。采用整群抽样技术，从 30 个群组（村庄）中抽取了 5419 人。在 5419 名研究人群中，男性占 50.9%（2748 人），其余为女性。农村社区的家庭事故发生率为 9.6%（522 人发生家庭事故），女性发生率高于男性，具有统计学意义（P 值=0.0077，Z 值=9.09）。跌倒占 43%（225 人），是最常见的家庭事故类型。家庭事故最常发生的地方是厨房，占 46%（243 人），家庭事故中受伤最常见的部位是上肢。
