Injuries from falling objects in the United Arab Emirates

Grivna, Michal; Eid, Hani O.; Abu‐Zidan, Fikri M.

doi:10.1080/17457300.2013.863784

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“…Spinal and pelvic fractures were possibly caused by high impact injuries. Skeletal limb fractures occur predominantly in same-level falls and injuries from falling objects, findings similar to other studies (11,20,22).…”

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A 1-year prospective monocentric study of limb, spinal and pelvic fractures: Can monitoring fracture epidemiology impact injury prevention programmes?

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Klimeš²,

Tolar³

et al. 2018

Cent Eur J Public Health

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Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess fractures of extremities, spine and pelvis in patients with respect to mechanism, time of the incident and demography of patients in order to propose preventive measures. Methods: A mono-centric (Level I Trauma Centre, predominantly urban population) prospective study was carried-out during the one-year period from 1 January to 31 December 2012. Patients with bone fractures of extremities, spine and pelvis were studied. Demography, mechanism and time of the injury were analysed. Results: The study group consisted of 3,148 patients, 53% being women and treated for 3,909 fractures. The mean age of patients was 53 years. The most traumatised patients were of the 3rd and 4th decade, a further increase in the incidence of fractures was seen in the 7th and 9th decade. Multiple fractures were significantly higher in men (p = 0.002). A car crash or fall from a height was more common cause of spinal fracture or pelvic fracture than fracture to the upper or lower limbs (p < 0.001). Most of the fractures occurred during the day between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., on Saturdays and during the winter season. The bones most often broken were the radius (739 patients, 18.5%) and femur (436 patients, 11.1%). Conclusions: Our study highlights the need for injury prevention focused on sex, age and types of activities performed. Among younger individuals, such programmes should primarily be targeted toward men who, as observed in our sample, have a higher fracture frequency compared to women. Conversely, injury prevention programmes for individuals ≥ 60 years should primarily be targeted toward women, who have the highest fracture prevalence in this population.

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Section: Fig 2 External Cause Of Fractures By Age Group and Gendersupporting

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A 1-year prospective monocentric study of limb, spinal and pelvic fractures: Can monitoring fracture epidemiology impact injury prevention programmes?

Báča¹,

Klimeš²,

Tolar³

et al. 2018

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“…They often lack safety equipment and safety education using their own language. We have previously reported the challenges faced with promoting occupational safety in the UAE [ 7 ],[ 16 ].…”

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Epidemiology, morbidity and mortality from fall-related injuries in the United Arab Emirates

Grivna

Eid

Abu‐Zidan

2014

Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med

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BackgroundUnintentional falls are a major cause of morbidity and mortality with a significant burden on victims, families, and societies. We aimed to study the mechanism, risk factors, and outcome of hospitalized patients with fall-related injuries in order to propose preventive measures.MethodsFall-related injured patients who were admitted to Al Ain Hospital, United Arab Emirates (UAE) for more than 24 hours or who died after arrival to the hospital, were studied over 3 years. Demography, location and time of injury, affected body regions, hospital and ICU stay, and outcome were analyzed.Results882 patients were studied, 82% were males, and 22% were less than 19 years old. Majority were from the Indian subcontinent. The most common location for fall injuries was work. Patients injured at work were older and mainly non-UAE nationals (p < 0.0001) when compared with those injured at home. Patients falling from height, when compared with those falling from same level, were older (p = 0.017), had more males (p < 0.001), were mainly from the Indian subcontinent (p < 0.001), had higher ISS (p = 0.011) and longer total hospital stay (p < 0.001).ConclusionsFalls are a major health problem in the UAE. Falls at work can be prevented by safety education tailored to different ethnic groups, and proper legislation and regulation. Environmental modification using evidence-based architectural design may prevent falls among vulnerable risk groups.

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“…Nationalities were categorized as Indian subcontinent and others as it had been previously shown that risks of injury for these two groups in Al Ain differed. There is a significantly higher proportion of manual laborers in Al Ain from the Indian subcontinent[ 14 , 15 ].…”

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Epidemiology of isolated hand injuries in the United Arab Emirates

Grivna¹,

Eid²,

Abu‐Zidan³

2016

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AIMTo provide suggestions for hand injury prevention by study the demography and risk factors of casualties suffering from isolated hand injuries.METHODSAll trauma patients with isolated hand injuries who were admitted to Al Ain Hospital for more than 24 h during a period of 3 years were studied. Patient demographics, location, mechanism/time of injury, and length of hospital stay were all analyzed.RESULTSTwo hundred and ten patients were studied. Their mean age was 29.7 years. Males constituted 92%. Sixty-five point one percent of all cases were from the Indian subcontinent. The workplace was the most common location of injury (67.1%), followed by the home (17.1%) and road (6.2%). Machinery caused 36.2% of all injuries, followed by heavy object (20.5%) and fall (11%). Cases injured at home were young (P < 0.0001) with an associated higher incidence of females (P < 0.0001).CONCLUSIONMale workers in Al Ain city are at greater risk of sustaining hand injuries, predominantly from machinery. Safety education, personal protection, and the enforcement of safety standards are essential to the prevention and avoidance of hand injury.

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Injuries from falling objects in the United Arab Emirates

Cited by 10 publications

References 19 publications

A 1-year prospective monocentric study of limb, spinal and pelvic fractures: Can monitoring fracture epidemiology impact injury prevention programmes?

A 1-year prospective monocentric study of limb, spinal and pelvic fractures: Can monitoring fracture epidemiology impact injury prevention programmes?

Epidemiology, morbidity and mortality from fall-related injuries in the United Arab Emirates

Epidemiology of isolated hand injuries in the United Arab Emirates

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