@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiologic study of accidents attended in a non-hospital emergency service",
journal="Atencion Primaria",
year="1998",
author="Oliver Bañuls, A. and Civera Clemente, P.",
volume="21",
number="8",
pages="522-526",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To analyse the general level of accidents in a Health District in order to identify situations and groups at risk. DESIGN: A descriptive study through a systematic randomised sample. SETTING: Primary Care. Canals Health Centre in Valencia. PATIENTS: General population attended for accidents in the Casualty department. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: A sample of 429 accidents was analysed, of which 65.0% were men (p < 0.001). Average ages were 26.5 (24.3-28.9) in men and 33.1 (29.1-36.9) in women (p < 0.01). The age group suffering most accidents was from 5 to 24 years old, with 48.7% of the accidents. The commonest accidents were domestic (38.2%), followed by leisure (26.8%) and workplace (10.5%) activities. The main site of accidents was in the home (38.2%), especially at extremes of age (p < 0.00001), followed by the public road (30.8%), which was more common in men (p < 0.00001). All activities caused more accidents among men, except work in the home and movement through the home. CONCLUSIONS: Children and young people have more accidents, especially men, basically in games and the use and/or maintenance of vehicles, tools and machines. Most accidents occur at home or on the public road. The Primary Care Team should develop strategies to reduce accidents in the Health Area.<p /><p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="0212-6567",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}