Analysis on current situation and influencing factors of injury among three community residents in Guangzhou

Objective To know the current situation and influencing factors of injury among three community residents in Guangzhou, and to provide scientific basis for effective community injury intervention policy. Methods The Injury Questionnaire designed by the research group was applied to survey 500 residents in three communities in Tianhe District,Guangzhou.The causes of injury were tested by chi square test for the different gender and age groups. Results The incidence of injury was 30.3%. 15 to 29 age group had the highest incidence (30.0%), whereas 7 to 14 age group had the lowest incidence of injury (10.8%). Palyground, streets, private residence and leisure places were the most common places that injury occurred in October.The main injury types were sprain (26.0%), drop/fall injury (25.8%), cuts (18.7%) and blunt injury (17.5%).Upper and lower limbs were the most frequently injured body parts.The average rest days, hospitalization time and the number of outpatient service caused by traffic injury were the highest(respectively for 5.00 d,2.70 d,1.53 time),whereas those due to electrically injury were the lowest(respectively for 0.50 d,0.00 d,0.00 time). Conclusions The incidence of injury among the community residents was high, indicating that interfering measure should be implemented according to the characteristics of injury occurring in communities.