Abstract

PACIOS ALFONSO, Nereida  and  SALAZAR CASANOVA, Humberto. Accidentes en el hogar. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 1999, vol.15, n.2, pp.123-127. ISSN 0864-2125.

A descriptive study of those home accidents reported by the population of a family physician´s office during a year was conducted. Females and the group at extreme ages of life were the most affected. Afternions were more dangerous. Drinking was not present among patients under 15 and aged people. As to young adults, this datum should be further studied. Contusions caused by falls were the most frequent type of injuries, whereas the upper limbs were the most injured. A fifth of these had sequelae. Only 4 accidents out of 10 were diagnosed at the physician´s office. More than falf of morbidity was hidden and every injured person lost an average of 10 days of full life

Keywords : ACCIDENTS, HOME; RISK FACTORS.

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