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Development of prevention strategies against bath-related deaths based on epidemiological surveys of inquest records in Kagoshima Prefecture
Sudden death in the bathroom (bath-related death) occurs more frequently in Japan than in other countries. To clarify the epidemiological characteristics of bath-related deaths, we reviewed inquest records of deaths in Kagoshima Prefecture from 2006 to 2019. We identified 2689 cases of bath-related...
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author | Katsuyama, Midori Higo, Eri Miyamoto, Machiko Nakamae, Takuma Onitsuka, Daiko Fukumoto, Akiko Yatsushiro, Masahiko Hayashi, Takahito |
author_facet | Katsuyama, Midori Higo, Eri Miyamoto, Machiko Nakamae, Takuma Onitsuka, Daiko Fukumoto, Akiko Yatsushiro, Masahiko Hayashi, Takahito |
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description | Sudden death in the bathroom (bath-related death) occurs more frequently in Japan than in other countries. To clarify the epidemiological characteristics of bath-related deaths, we reviewed inquest records of deaths in Kagoshima Prefecture from 2006 to 2019. We identified 2689 cases of bath-related death. Of these cases, 90% were among people aged ≥ 65 years. The majority occurred in a home bathtub between 16:00 and 20:00. Most deaths (52.0%) occurred in winter (December–February), and there were extremely strong negative correlations with the environmental temperatures (maximum, minimum, and mean) on the day of death. We identified the environmental temperature during cold winter months that bath-related deaths are likely to occur in Kagoshima, although further investigation concerning the effects of other confounding factors is required. Forensic autopsies have only been performed in 29 cases and the cause of death was not diagnosed correctly in the majority of cases. Although autopsies are essential to elucidate the pathogenesis of the deaths, it is difficult to increase the rate of autopsies under the current Japanese death investigation system. Therefore, we suggest that the best way to prevent bath-related death is establishing an “Alert system” based on our results, and to have people refrain from bathing on dangerous days. |
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spelling | pubmed-99089792023-02-10 Development of prevention strategies against bath-related deaths based on epidemiological surveys of inquest records in Kagoshima Prefecture Katsuyama, Midori Higo, Eri Miyamoto, Machiko Nakamae, Takuma Onitsuka, Daiko Fukumoto, Akiko Yatsushiro, Masahiko Hayashi, Takahito Sci Rep Article Sudden death in the bathroom (bath-related death) occurs more frequently in Japan than in other countries. To clarify the epidemiological characteristics of bath-related deaths, we reviewed inquest records of deaths in Kagoshima Prefecture from 2006 to 2019. We identified 2689 cases of bath-related death. Of these cases, 90% were among people aged ≥ 65 years. The majority occurred in a home bathtub between 16:00 and 20:00. Most deaths (52.0%) occurred in winter (December–February), and there were extremely strong negative correlations with the environmental temperatures (maximum, minimum, and mean) on the day of death. We identified the environmental temperature during cold winter months that bath-related deaths are likely to occur in Kagoshima, although further investigation concerning the effects of other confounding factors is required. Forensic autopsies have only been performed in 29 cases and the cause of death was not diagnosed correctly in the majority of cases. Although autopsies are essential to elucidate the pathogenesis of the deaths, it is difficult to increase the rate of autopsies under the current Japanese death investigation system. Therefore, we suggest that the best way to prevent bath-related death is establishing an “Alert system” based on our results, and to have people refrain from bathing on dangerous days. Nature Publishing Group UK 2023-02-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9908979/ /pubmed/36754968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29400-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Katsuyama, Midori Higo, Eri Miyamoto, Machiko Nakamae, Takuma Onitsuka, Daiko Fukumoto, Akiko Yatsushiro, Masahiko Hayashi, Takahito Development of prevention strategies against bath-related deaths based on epidemiological surveys of inquest records in Kagoshima Prefecture |
title | Development of prevention strategies against bath-related deaths based on epidemiological surveys of inquest records in Kagoshima Prefecture |
title_full | Development of prevention strategies against bath-related deaths based on epidemiological surveys of inquest records in Kagoshima Prefecture |
title_fullStr | Development of prevention strategies against bath-related deaths based on epidemiological surveys of inquest records in Kagoshima Prefecture |
title_full_unstemmed | Development of prevention strategies against bath-related deaths based on epidemiological surveys of inquest records in Kagoshima Prefecture |
title_short | Development of prevention strategies against bath-related deaths based on epidemiological surveys of inquest records in Kagoshima Prefecture |
title_sort | development of prevention strategies against bath-related deaths based on epidemiological surveys of inquest records in kagoshima prefecture |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9908979/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36754968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29400-7 |
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