Joseph Alex, Bagavandas M
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, SRM IST, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, India.
Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, SRM IST, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, India.
Indian J Community Med. 2019 Oct;44(Suppl 1):S81-S84. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_141_19.
Injuries are considered as an emerging public health problem in India. Globally every year, injuries kill more than 5 million people, and by 2020, injuries will be the third-leading cause of death and disability worldwide. The study aimed to assess the prevalence and characteristics of nonfatal home injuries among the elderly in Tamil Nadu.
A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among 1139 elderly (60 years and above), sampled from three districts of Tamil Nadu, India. Probability proportional to size sampling technique was used for sampling; a pretested questionnaire was used to collect the data.
Prevalence of nonfatal home injuries among elderly within the past 1 year was 14.6% (12.5-16.7 at 95% confidence interval), ( = 1003), among those injured, 94.5% were unintentionally injured and 5.5% were of intentional nature. When classified according to the types of injuries, majority of them had fall injuries (6.7%) followed by minor domestic injuries (5.4%), animal-related injury (0.2%), burn injuries (1.1%), road traffic injury (0.4%), and suicide attempt (0.8%). Majority of the respondents were in the age group of young-old, 60-69 years of age (84%), and there was more number of males (55%) in the study.
The study reveals that nonfatal home injuries among elderly are an emerging public health problem, unintentional injuries contribute to the majority of the injuries, fall was the single largest contributor for all injuries among elderly.
在印度，伤害被视为一个新出现的公共卫生问题。全球范围内，每年有超过500万人死于伤害，到2020年，伤害将成为全球第三大致死和致残原因。该研究旨在评估泰米尔纳德邦老年人非致命家庭伤害的患病率及特征。
对从印度泰米尔纳德邦三个地区抽取的1139名老年人（60岁及以上）进行了一项横断面分析研究。采用与规模成比例的概率抽样技术进行抽样；使用经过预测试的问卷收集数据。
过去1年中老年人非致命家庭伤害的患病率为14.6%（95%置信区间为12.5 - 16.7），（ = 1003），在受伤者中，94.5%为意外伤害，5.5%为故意伤害。按伤害类型分类时，大多数人有跌倒伤害（6.7%），其次是轻微家庭伤害（5.4%）、动物相关伤害（0.2%）、烧伤（1.1%）、道路交通伤害（0.4%）和自杀未遂（0.8%）。大多数受访者年龄在60 - 69岁的年轻老年人组（84%），研究中的男性人数更多（55%）。
该研究表明，老年人非致命家庭伤害是一个新出现的公共卫生问题，意外伤害占大多数伤害，跌倒是老年人所有伤害的最大单一原因。
