Objective To study the composition, distribution, and influencing factors of acute hand injuries in daily l ife in the Beijing area by analyzing the cl inical data from patients with acute hand injuries. Methods Between April 1st 2005 to September 30th 2005, 2 575 patients with acute hand injuries in daily l ife from Beijing area were investigated by questionnaire.
The epidemiological factors were analyzed, including gender, age, injury time, injury cause, accident place, injury mechanism, and location. Results The 2 575 patients injuried in daily l ife accounted for 49.2% of all. Most of them were young males, and the male to female ratio was 3.3 ∶ 1. Most of the patients were 21-30 years old. The most common accident place was resting place (43.3%), and next was outdoors (28.8%) and leisure place (20.0%). Accidental injury was the major injury cause, accounted for 51.0%, followed by injury after drinking (16.1%) and violence (15.5%). The major injury mechanism was cutting (52.23%), followed by coll ision (16.04%) and fall ing (15.18%). A total of 2 405 patients were right hander, and handedness affected the distribution of injured hands significantly. Open injuries accouonted for 70.7% of the patients, and the tissues in deep layer were involved in the injury in 54.4% of all. Conclusion Hand injury in daily l ife is a common problem, which has its own epidemiological features. More appropriate measures should be taken to decrease the incidence.
Citation： ZHENG Wei,YI Chuanjun,TIAN Guanglei,TIAN Wen,LI Zhongzhe,ZHU Jin.. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF ACUTE HAND INJURIES IN DAILY LIFE IN BEIJING AREA. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2011, 25(5): 591-596. doi: Copy