Department of Community Medicine, Burdwan Medical College, PurbaBardhaman, West Bengal, India.
Ethiop J Health Sci. 2021 Mar;31(2):275-282. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v31i2.10.
Injuries are a focus of public health practice because they pose a serious health threat and are preventable. Currently, injury accounts for 14% of all Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) losses for the world's entire population. In India, unintentional injuries within the home environment have not so far been recognized to the same extent as traffic and work-related injuries among all age groups. With this background, a community based epidemiological study was conducted with the aim to find out the prevalence and epidemiology of unintentional injuries.
A cross-sectional study was conducted during July 2018 - June 2019 in Bhatar block of Purba Bardhaman District. Cluster random sampling was applied to select required sample of 555 individuals from 24 villages. The study tools used were a predesigned and pretested schedule developed by the researchers with the help of Guidelines for conducting community surveys on injuries by World Health Organization (WHO) and a checklist for assessing household level injury hazard. The study had approval from Institutional Ethics Committee. Chi square test and multivariable logistic regression were performed using SPSS V16.
Prevalence of unintentional injury was 8.8 % in the preceding three months. Multivariable logistic regression revealed that those who were below 18 years of age, severely vulnerable to unintentional injuries and belonged to nuclear families had significantly higher odds of developing unintentional injuries at home.
Unintentional injury is prevalent in West Bengal. Dissemination of injury prevention information with special focus on household modification is an effective strategy to prevent unintentional injuries.
伤害是公共卫生实践的重点，因为它们对健康构成严重威胁，且可以预防。目前，在全球所有人口的残疾调整生命年（DALY）损失中，伤害占 14%。在印度，迄今为止，与交通和工作相关的伤害相比，家庭环境中的意外伤害还没有在所有年龄段得到同样的重视。有鉴于此，进行了一项基于社区的流行病学研究，旨在了解意外伤害的流行情况和流行病学。
2018 年 7 月至 2019 年 6 月在浦尔巴德哈姆丹区的巴塔块进行了一项横断面研究。采用聚类随机抽样方法，从 24 个村庄中抽取了 555 名符合要求的个体。研究工具包括研究人员在世界卫生组织（WHO）发布的《关于开展伤害社区调查的指南》的帮助下制定的经过预设计和预测试的调查问卷和用于评估家庭层面伤害危险的检查表。该研究获得了机构伦理委员会的批准。采用 SPSS V16 进行卡方检验和多变量逻辑回归。
在过去的三个月中，意外伤害的发生率为 8.8%。多变量逻辑回归显示，年龄在 18 岁以下、严重易受意外伤害且属于核心家庭的个体，发生家庭意外伤害的可能性显著更高。
在西孟加拉邦，意外伤害很普遍。传播以家庭改造为重点的伤害预防信息是预防意外伤害的有效策略。
