Through daily contact with injured people there was a feeling that most people are sufficiently aware of the dangers in specific risk factor activities, but were not fully aware that they could do a lot to prevent harm coming upon themselves. This paper describes the results of a self-administered questionnaire about the accidents people suffered at home, their level of awareness of the risk th...

Traumas and accidents are one of three main treats of public health. There are many research works on the topic, but only some of them concentrate on the issue of organization of the services and cost of hospitalisation. In our research we have analysed individual patients' documentation in the clinic of traumatic surgery of the main regional hospital. We were searching for the reason of hospit...

The problem of the incidence of traumas among children is still topical and statistical data confirm an increasing tendency in the last decades. The purpose of the work was to estimate the causes and circumstances of injuries in children at the age of 7 to 15, who were admitted to Surgical Ward of Specialist Paediatric Hospital in Kielce between 30th June 1997 and 30th June 1998. A retrospectiv...

Objective:The primary aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the effects home accidents(HAs) on traumatic dental injuries(TDIs) teeth. Furthermore, secondary bring attention importance preventive measures for HAs, especially in pandemic period where children all over world spend most their time homes due coronavirus(COVID-19) disease. Material and Methods:The records patients with TD...

Background: The accidents are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children in in the world. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of Educational intervention on promotion of prevention behaviors of home accidents in mothers with children less than 5- year based on protection motivation theory (PMT) in 2015. Materials and Methods: In this controlled interventional stud...

REPORTS OF SOCIETIES ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE: The Heart in Endocrine Disease ................ 360 ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE: Evaluation of Renal Clearances ................ 361 ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY: International Statistics ......................... 362 MANCHESTER PAEDIATRIC CLUB .......... 362 SOCETY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH: Accidents in the Home .... 362 LEEDS REGIONAL PSYCHIATRI...

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of vision loss severity on costs and health outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries with glaucoma. METHODS A retrospective cohort analysis was conducted using Medicare claims. Patients were stratified into 4 categories: no vision loss, moderate vision loss, severe vision loss, and blindness. Outcomes of interest were mean annual medical costs by category, componen...