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Demographic Profiles of Adult Trauma During a 5 Year Period (2007-2011) in Kashan, IR Iran

BACKGROUND: Trauma, in addition to mortality and disability experienced by an individual, imposes direct and indirect economic and social costs on a community. Traditionally, trauma is a disease of young and middle age adults, an age group which is known to be the most dynamic and economically produ...

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Autores principales: Fazel, Mohammad Reza, Fakharian, Esmaeil, Mahdian, Mehrdad, Mohammadzadeh, Mahdi, Salehfard, Ladan, Ramezani, Maryam
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3876531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24396745
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/atr.6770
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author Fazel, Mohammad Reza
Fakharian, Esmaeil
Mahdian, Mehrdad
Mohammadzadeh, Mahdi
Salehfard, Ladan
Ramezani, Maryam
author_facet Fazel, Mohammad Reza
Fakharian, Esmaeil
Mahdian, Mehrdad
Mohammadzadeh, Mahdi
Salehfard, Ladan
Ramezani, Maryam
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description BACKGROUND: Trauma, in addition to mortality and disability experienced by an individual, imposes direct and indirect economic and social costs on a community. Traditionally, trauma is a disease of young and middle age adults, an age group which is known to be the most dynamic and economically productive of the community. Increasing our knowledge concerning the etiology and patterns of trauma seems to be the most profitable and accessible way to prevent injuries of this nature. OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to evaluate the epidemiology of adult trauma in Kashan, Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The current study used a retrospective cross-sectional approach, enrolling all trauma adults (20 - 60 y) admitted to the Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Kashan, between 2007 and 2011. Age, gender, place of residence, work status, educational level, urban/rural location of the accident, method of transportation to hospital, injured body areas of the victims and therapeutic interventions, were extracted from the data registry and analyzed through descriptive statistics using SPSS software. RESULTS: A total of 22 564 patients were included in this study. Mean age of the victims was 33.18 ± 10.90 years and the male/female ratio was 4:1. Most of the victims were manual workers (61%), and they had completed primary and junior high school level education (49.4%), they were also more likely to be residents of urban areas (88.6%). Regarding the place of injury, most accidents occurred on city streets (43.8%). Approximately 40% of the total victims were transferred to the hospital by emergency medical services (EMS). During the study period, 260 deaths were recorded and among these, 76% were related to traffic accidents. CONCLUSIONS: Regarding the high prevalence of trauma found in manual workers with low educational levels and motorbike users, the establishment of an integrated program aimed at improving public knowledge on the use of safety and protective measures in work environments should be implemented. The use of safety protective equipment by cyclists, motorbikers and car passengers should also be enforced.
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spelling pubmed-38765312014-01-06 Demographic Profiles of Adult Trauma During a 5 Year Period (2007-2011) in Kashan, IR Iran Fazel, Mohammad Reza Fakharian, Esmaeil Mahdian, Mehrdad Mohammadzadeh, Mahdi Salehfard, Ladan Ramezani, Maryam Arch Trauma Res Original Article BACKGROUND: Trauma, in addition to mortality and disability experienced by an individual, imposes direct and indirect economic and social costs on a community. Traditionally, trauma is a disease of young and middle age adults, an age group which is known to be the most dynamic and economically productive of the community. Increasing our knowledge concerning the etiology and patterns of trauma seems to be the most profitable and accessible way to prevent injuries of this nature. OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to evaluate the epidemiology of adult trauma in Kashan, Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The current study used a retrospective cross-sectional approach, enrolling all trauma adults (20 - 60 y) admitted to the Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Kashan, between 2007 and 2011. Age, gender, place of residence, work status, educational level, urban/rural location of the accident, method of transportation to hospital, injured body areas of the victims and therapeutic interventions, were extracted from the data registry and analyzed through descriptive statistics using SPSS software. RESULTS: A total of 22 564 patients were included in this study. Mean age of the victims was 33.18 ± 10.90 years and the male/female ratio was 4:1. Most of the victims were manual workers (61%), and they had completed primary and junior high school level education (49.4%), they were also more likely to be residents of urban areas (88.6%). Regarding the place of injury, most accidents occurred on city streets (43.8%). Approximately 40% of the total victims were transferred to the hospital by emergency medical services (EMS). During the study period, 260 deaths were recorded and among these, 76% were related to traffic accidents. CONCLUSIONS: Regarding the high prevalence of trauma found in manual workers with low educational levels and motorbike users, the establishment of an integrated program aimed at improving public knowledge on the use of safety and protective measures in work environments should be implemented. The use of safety protective equipment by cyclists, motorbikers and car passengers should also be enforced. Kowsar 2012-08-21 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3876531/ /pubmed/24396745 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/atr.6770 Text en Copyright © 2012, Kashan University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Fazel, Mohammad Reza
Fakharian, Esmaeil
Mahdian, Mehrdad
Mohammadzadeh, Mahdi
Salehfard, Ladan
Ramezani, Maryam
Demographic Profiles of Adult Trauma During a 5 Year Period (2007-2011) in Kashan, IR Iran
title Demographic Profiles of Adult Trauma During a 5 Year Period (2007-2011) in Kashan, IR Iran
title_full Demographic Profiles of Adult Trauma During a 5 Year Period (2007-2011) in Kashan, IR Iran
title_fullStr Demographic Profiles of Adult Trauma During a 5 Year Period (2007-2011) in Kashan, IR Iran
title_full_unstemmed Demographic Profiles of Adult Trauma During a 5 Year Period (2007-2011) in Kashan, IR Iran
title_short Demographic Profiles of Adult Trauma During a 5 Year Period (2007-2011) in Kashan, IR Iran
title_sort demographic profiles of adult trauma during a 5 year period (2007-2011) in kashan, ir iran
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3876531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24396745
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/atr.6770
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