Sports and recreational injuries: Regional Rural Injury Study-II.

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• Personal Author:
  Alexander BH ; Ferguson KR ; Gerberich, Susan G. ; Kurszewski LS ; Masten AS ; Mongin, Steven J. ; Renier CM ; Ryan, Andrew D. ; Serfass RC
• Description:
  Purpose: To identify the incidence and severity of, and potential risk factors for, sports and recreational (SR) injuries in a five-state rural, Midwest population. Methods: Computer assisted telephone interviews, that included questions regarding SR injuries, were completed for eligible, participating households for 1999; 16,538 persons participated, including 8,488 less than <20 years of age (<20). Rates and 95% confidence intervals were calculated; a causal model and directed acyclic graphs guided multivariate models. Results: From a total of 2,586 injuries, 1,301 (50%) were not related to agricultural activities. Of those, 733 (56%) were related to SR activities: 64%, multiple person sports; 19%, general play activities; 14%, single person sports. Football and basketball accounted for 19% and 22%, respectively. The total annualized rate was 46.4 injury events per 1,000 population per year; respectively, for males and females, rates were: <20 (99.4; 64.3); 20+ (11.9; 4.8.) For those <20 and 20+, 93% and 88% received health care, 44% and 45% were restricted for 7+ days, and 18% and 17% lost farm work time for 7+ days. Results of multivariate analysis included: for <20 - increased risks for residence in Nebraska; being male; and 10-14 or 15-19 years. For those 20+, increased risks were identified for males and those 20-24 years; decreased risks were identified for Nebraska residence and those 45-54 years. Conclusions: SR activities are an important source of injury morbidity and relevant consequences for this agricultural population that include significant restricted activity as well as restriction from agricultural work. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Agriculture Case Reports Demography Environmental Monitoring Family Farmers Hazardous Substances Morbidity Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Age-factors; Age-groups; Agricultural-industry; Agricultural-workers; Agriculture; Case-studies; Children; Demographic-characteristics; Exposure-assessment; Families; Farmers; Health-care; Health-hazards; Health-standards; Injuries; Mathematical-models; Morbidity-rates; Quantitative-analysis; Risk-analysis; Risk-factors; Sports-injuries; Statistical-analysis; Work-capability; Work-environment; Worker-health; Work-operations; Work-performance; Workplace-monitoring; Workplace-studies
• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Minnesota ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038201
• Citation:
  APHA 132nd Annual Meeting and Exposition, Washington, DC, November 6-10, 2004. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2004 Nov; :91615
• Contact Point Address:
  Deborah Merchant Langner, Occupational Injury Prevention Research Training Program, University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware Street SE, PO Box 9441, Minneapolis, MN 55440-9441
• Email:
  kurs0012@umn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  APHA 132nd Annual Meeting and Exposition, Washington, DC, November 6-10, 2004
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248113/cdc_248113_DS1.pdf
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