RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 3F.005 The epidemiology of home and workplace injuries in Nepal: a household survey
JF Injury Prevention
JO Inj Prev
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP A28
OP A29
DO 10.1136/injuryprev-2021-safety.87
VO 27
IS Suppl 2
A1 Toity Deave
A1 Puspa Pant
A1 Sunil Raja Manandhar
A1 Drubha Adhikari
A1 Elisha Joshi
A1 Sunil Joshi
A1 Julie Mytton
YR 2021
UL http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/27/Suppl_2/A28.4.abstract
AB Background Unintentional Injuries comprise the fifth leading cause of death in Nepal in 2017, an increase of 23% compared to 1990. In Nepal, there is minimal community-derived evidence of home or occupational injuries. Our aim was to describe the epidemiology of injuries in the Makwanpur district, including the causes and risk factors associated with those injuries.Methods A cross-sectional, household survey was undertaken in three administrative areas of Nepal between April-June, 2019. Data were collected electronically about non-fatal and fatal injuries in the previous three months and five years, respectively.Results 17,593 individuals from 3,327 households were surveyed; 394 people were injured. 136/394 (34.5%) injuries occurred in homes, 109 (27.7%) were work-related. 225 (55.8%) were males, the age range was 0–87 years, 123 (30.7%) were child injuries, (0–17 yrs). The most commonly reported injury was falls (n=173, 43.9%), stumbling and tripping were the most common reasons and 73 (42.2%) occurred at home. More injuries occurred in rural administrative areas than urban areas, especially occupational injuries (occupational: chi-square=22.05, p=0.000; home: chi-square=13.89, p<0.001).Conclusions Home and occupational fall injuries are common, especially in rural areas. Understanding the context of falls, especially identifying and working with particular occupational groups where they are prevalent, may identify risk factors and help target messages about primary falls prevention and interventions.Learning Outcomes Using hand-held computers and local enumerators for data collection in sample areas resulted in minimal missing data and monitoring of data quality during the collection period.