Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Dec 2013)

Epidemiology of home injuries: a large observational study among adult mothers in Italy

  • Alice Mannocci,
  • Chiara de Waure,
  • Maria Rosaria Gualano,
  • Maria Lucia Specchia,
  • Antonella Sferrazza,
  • Giorgio Liguori,
  • Antonino Parlato,
  • Giovanna Rossi,
  • Domenico Luca Grieco,
  • Roberta Siliquini,
  • Antonio Boccia,
  • Walter Ricciardi,
  • Giuseppe La Torre

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4415/ann_13_04_10
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 49, no. 4
pp. 376 – 382

Abstract

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AIMS: The aims of the study were to describe the epidemiology of home injuries (HI) among Italian students' mothers and to identify the possible predictors of having HI. METHODS: An anonymous questionnaire was used in several Italian schools. In order to identify predictors of having HI, a multivariate analysis was performed. RESULTS: In our sample (3,610 women), the prevalence of HI was 18%; 6.2% of the interviewed had a severe HI. The multivariate analyses showed that increasing age, to spend more than 13 hours a day at home and to be housewife are risk factors for having HI. CONCLUSIONS: This study reports a high prevalence of HI, highlighting an urgent need for undertaking interventions to develop an adequate culture of safety and prevention.

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