Citation

Oliver Bañuls A, Civera Clemente P. Aten. Primaria 1998; 21(8): 522-526.

Vernacular Title

Estudio epidemiologico de los accidentes atendidos en un servicio de urgencias

Affiliation

agusti10@arrkis.es

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Sociedad Espanola de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria, Publisher Elsevier España)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9670579

Abstract

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.

Language: es