Disability status: a risk factor in injury epidemiologic research

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• Personal Author:
  Stallones L ; Wheeler KK ; Xiang H
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: We reviewed publications about nonfatal injuries among individuals with existing disabilities. METHODS: We identified original research articles reporting nonfatal injuries among individuals with disabilities by using three approaches: Search the PUBMED and MEDLINE electronic databases; scrutiny of the reference sections of identified publications; search of our own files. Studies that reported odds ratios or rate ratios of injuries for the disability variable and demographic variables of age, gender, race, and school education were included. RESULTS: A significantly greater risk of injuries was found among individuals with disabilities compared with their peers. Findings were consistent among studies in children, adults, and workers with disabilities. This association did not seem to be explained by physical environmental hazards alone or study bias. We found no original study that developed and evaluated injury prevention programs targeting individuals with disabilities. CONCLUSIONS: Disability status should be considered as an important covariate in injury epidemiologic research, particularly in injury research among older populations and in children with special care needs. Future research is needed to develop and to evaluate multidisciplinary interventions to prevent injuries among individuals with disabilities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Adolescent Age Factors Demography Education Epidemiology Men Occupational Health Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Sex Characteristics Women

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• Keywords:
  Accident-potential Accident-prevention Adolescents Age-factors Author Keywords: Nonfatal Children Demographic-characteristics Disability Disabled-workers Humans Information-systems Injuries Injury Injury-prevention Racial-factors Risk-factors Safety-research Sex-factors

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• ISSN:
  1047-2797
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  8-16
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044011
• Citation:
  Ann Epidemiol 2014 Jan; 24(1):8-16
• Contact Point Address:
  Huiyun Xiang, Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205
• Email:
  huiyun.xiang@nationwidechildrens.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Research Institute Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20100901
• Source Full Name:
  Annals of Epidemiology
• End Date:
  20140831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199867/cdc_199867_DS1.pdf
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