Risk Factors of Acute Hand Injuries in Manual Workers: A Case-control study

The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors of hand injuries in manual workers. Total 1672 manual workers with acute hand injuries who visited our emergency department accompanied by their colleagues from 1 March 2014 to 1 March 2017 were included in this study. One accompanied collea...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2017-09, Vol.7 (1), p.12208-3, Article 12208
Main Authors: Zhu, Hongyi, Zhu, Xiaozhong, Zhang, Changqing, Zheng, Xianyou
Format: Article
Language:English
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Alcohol
Emergency medical services
Gloves
Hand
Humanities and Social Sciences
Injuries
Manual workers
multidisciplinary
Risk factors
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Smoking
Workers
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors of hand injuries in manual workers. Total 1672 manual workers with acute hand injuries who visited our emergency department accompanied by their colleagues from 1 March 2014 to 1 March 2017 were included in this study. One accompanied colleague with identical work task was chosen randomly as control for each patient. The personal characteristics including gender, age, work experience, acute hand injury history, smoking and alcohol consumption were recorded and compared. Finally, we found the history of severe and multiple times of acute hand injuries, high and very high daily alcohol consumption, working experience from one to two years were risk factors for acute hand injuries in manual workers.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-12385-5