Prevalence, Patterns And Severity of Reported Household Accidents In A District of Manipur
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 11
Abstract
Introduction : Recent progress in industrialisation and increasing number of people living in crowded & unsafe settlements contribute to the higher health burden of injury in the developing regions of the world. These changes have resulted in an unprecedented upsurge of non-communicable diseases and injuries. Household accidents cause detrimental physical and mental health effects to the concerned victims and his/her family members. It also contributes to loss of earning capacity and productivity. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of household accidents and to assess the relationship between household accidents and socio demographic variables of interest Materials and method: A cross sectional study was conducted during June and July, 2017 among the individuals residing in Imphal West district, Manipur. Sample size was calculated and multistage cluster sampling was done. Data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire and analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 21.0. Armonk, NY. Descriptive statistics like percentage, mean and standard deviation were used. Chi-square test was employed to assess the association between household accidents and socio-demographic characteristics. Results: The total numbers of participants included in the study was 1115. The minimum age was 15 days and maximum age was 87 years with mean age of 34.04±20.34 yrs. Males consisted 50.2% of the participants. Married people consisted of 55.5% of the participants. Overcrowding was present in 21% of the households. The prevalence of household accidents in the last one year was 10.9%. Falls was the most common domestic accident. Children and elderly were more likely to suffer from household accidents. Majority of the accidents occurred in morning and most common site of injury was hand. Conclusion: Falls was the most common domestic accident seen in the study. Some important risk groups for domestic accidents were children and elderly. Most of the accidents occurred in morning. Most common site of injury were hands.
Authors and Affiliations
Mutum Vivekson, Markordor Lyngdoh, Manju Devi Kambam, Annie Bichal Maisnam, Shantibala Konjengbam, Brogen Singh Akoijam
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