Ravi Shilpa, Joseph Bobby
Dr. Shilpa Ravi, MD, DNB. Centre Physician In charge, Healthspring Family Health Experts, Mumbai, India.
Prof. Dr. Bobby Joseph, MD, DNB. Department of Community Health, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India.
Pak J Med Sci. 2019;35(3):737-742. doi: 10.12669/pjms.35.3.293.
The objectives of this study were to assess the incidence and profile of occupational injuries among rural workers of rural India.
This study was conducted among all persons between the ages of 18 to 60 years and engaged in some occupation and residing in the villages under the three rural subcentres of Sarjapur Primary Health Centre during the time period of 2009-2012. The sample size was calculated to be 400 assuming a prevalence of 10% and absolute precision of 3% at 95% confidence limits and a systematic random sampling of the household was done to select the study population.
The incidence of occupational injuries in the study period of 2009-2012 was 22%. Out of the total 91 injuries, the proportion of injuries, which were agriculture-related, was 62%. The most common cause of injury was due to contact with plant thorns. Above half (54%) involved the upper limbs, and (30%) involved the lower limbs. By using the injury severity scale, 88% were of minor degree. 67% required treatment and 32% of the injured persons took treatment in a private hospital. Those who sustained an injury, 9% required admission to a hospital. Three participants have sustained a permanent disability during this study.
The Incidence of occupational injuries was found to be 22% and agriculture showed to have the highest proportion of injuries.
本研究的目的是评估印度农村地区工人职业伤害的发生率和概况。
本研究在2009 - 2012年期间，对年龄在18至60岁之间、从事某种职业并居住在萨贾布尔初级卫生中心三个农村分中心所在村庄的所有人进行。假设患病率为10%，在95%置信区间绝对精度为3%，计算得出样本量为400，并对家庭进行系统随机抽样以选择研究人群。
2009 - 2012年研究期间职业伤害的发生率为22%。在总共91起伤害中，与农业相关的伤害比例为62%。最常见的伤害原因是接触植物刺。超过一半（54%）的伤害涉及上肢，（30%）涉及下肢。根据伤害严重程度量表，88%为轻度。67%的伤者需要治疗，32%的伤者在私立医院接受治疗。受伤者中，9%需要住院治疗。在本研究期间，有三名参与者遭受了永久性残疾。
职业伤害的发生率为22%，且农业领域的伤害比例最高。
