Department of Oral Surgery, University Center for Dental Medicine Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Equal first authorship.
Swiss Dent J. 2021 Sep 6;131(9):698-704. doi: 10.61872/sdj-2021-09-735. Epub 2021 Jan 29.
Confrontations between police officers and citizens have become almost commonplace in today's world. The propensity for violence towards police officers is an ongoing topic. Statistics show a clear increase in violent crimes of this nature. The aim of the present study was to evaluate police officers' risk of injury including orofacial involvement in the line of duty. One hundred and sixty-eight members of a regional police corps in northwestern Switzerland were interviewed with the help of an online questionnaire. The data were kept completely anonymous. Survey questions related to police officers' life on and off the job and focused on serious line-of-duty injuries (LODIs) that led to a loss of work time. LODIs resulting in work absences were not uncommon: 60.9% had been injured in the line of duty. During their free time, the officers showed a moderate risk-taking behavior (mean 50, IQR 30-67.2) and a slightly higher level of perceived risk of being injured while on duty (mean 59.1, SD 20). Most line-of-duty injuries occurred during the first 15 years of service. Among the injured police officers, the level of perceived threat of violence while on duty (mean 40, IQR 20-60) was higher than their non-injured colleagues (mean 50, IQR 21.2-60). The most commonly injured body parts were the hands (20.8%), head (14.9%) and knees (11.3%). Dental injuries were reported in only one case (0.6%). Greater work experience seems to improve the reactions and protective behavior of this occupational group in dangerous situations. Albeit the risk of being injured is high among police officers, dental trauma and orofacial involvement occurs rarely.
在当今世界，警察与公民之间的冲突几乎已成家常便饭。警察遭受暴力的倾向是一个持续存在的话题。统计数据显示，此类性质的暴力犯罪明显呈上升趋势。本研究旨在评估警察在执行公务时受伤的风险，包括口腔面部受伤。瑞士西北部一个地区警察部队的 168 名成员在网上问卷调查的帮助下接受了采访。数据完全匿名。调查问题涉及警察的工作和生活，并集中在导致工作时间损失的严重因公受伤（LODI）上。因公受伤导致缺勤并不罕见：60.9%的人在执行公务时受伤。在业余时间，警察表现出中等的冒险行为（平均值为 50，IQR 30-67.2），而在执行公务时受伤的感知风险略高（平均值为 59.1，SD 20）。大多数因公受伤发生在服务的头 15 年。在受伤的警察中，在执行公务时感知到暴力威胁的程度（平均值为 40，IQR 20-60）高于未受伤的同事（平均值为 50，IQR 21.2-60）。受伤最常见的身体部位是手（20.8%）、头部（14.9%）和膝盖（11.3%）。仅报告了一例牙科受伤（0.6%）。更多的工作经验似乎会提高这一职业群体在危险情况下的反应和保护行为。尽管警察受伤的风险很高，但牙科创伤和口腔面部受伤很少发生。
