| Consequences of non-fatal electrical injury: Findings of community-based national survey in Bangladesh. | |
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PMID: 20850116 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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This study was designed to document the consequences of electrical injury in Bangladesh. A community-based cross-sectional survey was conducted from January to December 2003. Nationally representative data were collected from 171,366 rural and urban households, comprising a total of 819,429 population. Face-to-face interview was chosen as a data collection method. The overall rate of electrical injury was 73.7 per 100,000 population-year. The rate of permanent disability due to electrical injury in Bangladesh was 0.366 per 100,000 population-year. Among the total 604 non-fatal electrical injuries in the survey, 282 (46.7%) had suffered from temporary disabilities for different durations. A total of 172 students were injured from electrical injury and among them 139 (80.8%) missed school for different durations due to their illness. Mean duration of absence from school was 9.72 days (SD±10.98), ranging from 1 to 45 days. Among the working people average duration of work loss was 10.56 days (SD±14.98), ranging from 1 to 90 days. About 39% of the total patients with electrical injury were contributors to their family income. For each family the expenditure for each seriously injured patient due to electrical injury was USD 271. Electrical Injury is a major cause of morbidity in Bangladesh. It is responsible for significant loss of school days and work days and creating serious health and economic hardship for the inflicted families. A nationwide prevention program needs to be developed to address this problem. |
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S R Mashreky; A Rahman; T F Khan; F Rahman |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-09-17 |
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Title: Injury Volume: 43 ISSN: 1879-0267 ISO Abbreviation: Injury Publication Date: 2012 Jan |
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Created Date: 2012-01-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0226040 Medline TA: Injury Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 109-12 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Centre for Injury Prevention and Research Bangladesh (CIPRB), Bangladesh. |
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