@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of domestic accidents in the rural field practice area of a medical college in Bangalore, Karnataka",
journal="Indian journal of public health",
year="2012",
author="Ramesh Masthi, N. R. and Kishore, S. G.",
volume="56",
number="3",
pages="235-237",
abstract="Domestic accidents are worldwide health problems. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the rural field practice area of Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore. A total of 5419 individuals were selected from 30 clusters (villages) using cluster sampling technique. Of the 5419 study population, 50.9% (2748) were males and the rest were females. The prevalence of domestic accidents in the rural community was found to be 9.6% (522 individuals who had sustained domestic accidents), was found to be more in females compared with males, which was statistically significant with P-value =0.0077 (Z value =9.09). Falls 43% (225) was the most common type of domestic accidents. The most common place of occurrence of domestic accidents was 46% (243) kitchen, most frequent site of injures in domestic accidents was upper limbs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0019-557X",
doi="10.4103/0019-557X.104262",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-557X.104262"
}