TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Prevalence of domestic accidents in the rural field practice area of a medical college in Bangalore, Karnataka
JO  - Indian journal of public health
A1  - Ramesh Masthi, N. R.
A1  - Kishore, S. G.
SP  - 235
EP  - 237
VL  - 56
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0019-557X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-557X.104262
ID  - ref1
ER  -