Prevalence of domestic accidents in the rural field practice area of a medical college in Bangalore, Karnataka

• Published in: Indian journal of public health Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 235 - 237
• Main Authors: Ramesh Masthi, N R, Kishore, S G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01-07-2012; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: Accidents; Accidents, Home - statistics & numerical data; Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Age groups; Aged; Analysis; Child; Child, Preschool; Cluster Analysis; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data collection; Demographic aspects; Domestic accidents; Female; Females; Health problems; Humans; India - epidemiology; Infant; Injuries; Karnataka; Male; Males; Middle Aged; Population studies; Prevalence; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Risk Factors; Rural area; Rural areas; Rural health; Rural Population; Socioeconomic factors; Statistical analysis; Statistics; India; Malaysia
• DOI: 10.4103/0019-557X.104262
• EISSN: 2229-7693
• ISSN: 0019-557X

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.