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[Epidemiologic study of accidents attended in a non-hospital emergency service]
A Oliver Bañuls1, P Civera Clemente
1agusti10@arrkis.es
Objectives:
To analyse the general level of accidents in a Health District in order to identify situations and groups at risk.
Design:
A descriptive study through a systematic randomised sample.
Setting:
Primary Care. Canals Health Centre in Valencia.
Patients:
General population attended for accidents in the Casualty department.
Measurements And Main Results:
A sample of 429 accidents was analysed, of which 65.0% were men (p < 0.001). Average ages were 26.5 (24.3-28.9) in men and 33.1 (29.1-36.9) in women (p < 0.01). The age group suffering most accidents was from 5 to 24 years old, with 48.7% of the accidents. The commonest accidents were domestic (38.2%), followed by leisure (26.8%) and workplace (10.5%) activities. The main site of accidents was in the home (38.2%), especially at extremes of age (p < 0.00001), followed by the public road (30.8%), which was more common in men (p < 0.00001). All activities caused more accidents among men, except work in the home and movement through the home.
Conclusions:
Children and young people have more accidents, especially men, basically in games and the use and/or maintenance of vehicles, tools and machines. Most accidents occur at home or on the public road. The Primary Care Team should develop strategies to reduce accidents in the Health Area.
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