Interpersonal violence and violent re-injury in the Northern Territory
| Autor: | Kah Heng Alexander Lim, David J. Read, Kathleen M. McDermott |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty 020205 medical informatics Poison control 02 engineering and technology Violence Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Indigenous 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Injury prevention 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine Prevalence Humans Interpersonal Relations 030212 general & internal medicine Psychiatry Indigenous Peoples Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Recidivism business.industry Incidence Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human factors and ergonomics Emergency department Middle Aged Hospitalization Socioeconomic Factors Wounds and Injuries Female Family Practice business Emergency Service Hospital |
| Zdroj: | The Australian journal of rural healthREFERENCES. 28(1) |
| ISSN: | 1440-1584 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES To analyse incidence of prior emergency department presentations for interpersonal violence and demographics for a series of hospital admissions for interpersonal violence injuries. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of trauma registry. SETTING A tertiary hospital and primary referral centre for trauma in the Top End of the Northern Territory. PARTICIPANTS Patients hospitalised from 2010 to 2015 for injuries due to interpersonal violence with an injury severity score > 9. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Patient demographics, injury location, assault mechanism, alleged perpetrator, time/day of event, alcohol involvement, clinical outcome and prior emergency department presentations for interpersonal violence. RESULTS A total of 248 admissions for patients with Injury Severity Score > 9 due to interpersonal violence were identified. Indigenous females over-represented non-Indigenous females (35.4% vs 5.0%, P |
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