Epidemiological investigation of traumatic spinal cord injury caused by object strike in China: strategies for workplace safety improvement.

IF 2.5 4区医学 Q1 REHABILITATION Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine Pub Date : 2024-11-12 DOI:10.2340/jrm.v56.40880

Wenjie Zhang, Fangyong Wang, Zezheng Chen, Yang Yu, Tao Liu, Honghui Lei, Haoran Yin, Meiling Cheng

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Abstract

Objective: Being struck by an object is a major cause of traumatic spinal cord injury in China. This study aims to investigate epidemiological characteristics of spinal cord injury caused by object strike.

Methods: This research analysed data from 435 cases of strike-induced spinal cord injury from 2013 to 2022. The collected information encompassed gender, age, level of neurological injury, surgical interventions, expense, occupation, and other relevant factors. χ2tests and Mann-Whitney U test were used with a statistical significance level of 0.05.

Results: The male-to-female ratio was 11.8:1. The 30-44 age group was more likely to suffer from complete spinal cord injuries (70.5%). The predominant occupations were workers (58.9%) and farmers (15.2%). Manual labourers are usually injured in the workplace (89.4%) with a high surgical rate (95.3%).

Conclusion: Young and middle-aged males engaged in manual work constitute the primary demographic for strike-induced spinal cord injury. Safety education in workplaces such as construction sites and mines should be emphasized to reduce the occurrence of spinal cord injuries caused by object strikes.

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中国物体打击导致创伤性脊髓损伤的流行病学调查：改善工作场所安全的策略。

目的：物体打击是中国外伤性脊髓损伤的主要原因。本研究旨在探讨物体打击所致脊髓损伤的流行病学特征：本研究分析了 2013 年至 2022 年期间 435 例物体打击所致脊髓损伤病例的数据。收集的信息包括性别、年龄、神经损伤程度、手术干预、费用、职业及其他相关因素。采用χ2检验和曼-惠特尼U检验，统计显著性水平为0.05：男女比例为 11.8:1。30-44岁年龄组更有可能完全脊髓损伤（70.5%）。主要职业是工人（58.9%）和农民（15.2%）。体力劳动者通常在工作场所受伤（89.4%），手术率较高（95.3%）：结论：从事体力劳动的中青年男性是罢工导致脊髓损伤的主要人群。应重视建筑工地和矿山等工作场所的安全教育，以减少物体打击导致脊髓损伤的发生。

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Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 医学-康复医学

CiteScore

5.60

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5.70%

发文量

102

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine is an international peer-review journal published in English, with at least 10 issues published per year. Original articles, reviews, case reports, short communications, special reports and letters to the editor are published, as also are editorials and book reviews. The journal strives to provide its readers with a variety of topics, including: functional assessment and intervention studies, clinical studies in various patient groups, methodology in physical and rehabilitation medicine, epidemiological studies on disabling conditions and reports on vocational and sociomedical aspects of rehabilitation.