结构性住房元素与美国老年人受伤相关
Wendy Shields1, Elise Omaki2, Mia Lalor Aassar2
1Center for Injury Research and Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA wshield1@jhu.edu.
概括
不故意的家庭伤害影响了许多老年人,而地板造成了最多的急诊室访问. 修改房屋可以防止跌倒,并提高老年人的安全.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 伤害预防 预防伤害
背景情况:
- 老年人意外受伤是一个重大的公共卫生问题.
- 住房元素经常与这些伤害有关,导致急诊室 (ED) 访问和住院.
研究的目的:
- 量化美国医院ED的老年人中与住房元素相关的无意伤害.
- 识别可修改的家庭危险,有助于这些伤害.
主要方法:
- 利用国家电子伤害监测系统 (NEISS) 编码手册来识别相关的住房元素.
- 查询了65岁以上的成年人的2020年NEISS数据,以确定与特定住房元素相关的受伤人数.
- 进行了记录子集的叙事审查,以确定导致因素和预防策略.
主要成果:
- 确定了11个住房元素,与需要急救访问或住院治疗的伤害最为相关.
- 楼层是主要原因,导致超过929,000次ED访问.
- 预防建议侧重于改善平衡,减少覆盖范围和提高可见性.
结论:
- 与住房相关的伤害每年影响着大量的老年人.
- 跌倒,倒和滑倒是常见的伤害机制,可以通过家庭修改来减轻.
- NEISS数据库是识别家庭受伤风险的宝贵资源.
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