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dc.contributor.authorUnguryanu, Tatiana Nikolaevna
dc.contributor.authorGrjibovski, Andrej
dc.contributor.authorTrovik, Tordis A
dc.contributor.authorYtterstad, Børge
dc.contributor.authorKudryavtsev, Alexander V
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-09T10:05:17Z
dc.date.available2020-12-09T10:05:17Z
dc.date.issued2020-08-21
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed to investigate associations between the weather conditions and the frequency of medically-treated, non-fatal accidental outdoor fall injuries (AOFIs) in a provincial region of Northwestern Russia. Data on all non-fatal AOFIs that occurred from January 2015 through June 2018 (<i>N</i> = 1125) were extracted from the population-based Shenkursk Injury Registry (SHIR). Associations between the weather conditions and AOFIs were investigated separately for the cold (15 October–14 April) and the warm (15 April–14 October) seasons. Negative binomial regression was used to investigate daily numbers of AOFIs in the cold season, while zero-inflated Poisson regression was used for the warm season. The mean daily number of AOFIs was 1.7 times higher in the cold season compared to the warm season (1.10 vs. 0.65, respectively). The most typical accident mechanism in the cold season was slipping (83%), whereas stepping wrong or stumbling over something was most common (49%) in the warm season. The highest mean daily incidence of AOFIs in the cold season (20.2 per 100,000 population) was observed on days when the ground surface was covered by compact or wet snow, air temperature ranged from −7.0 °C to −0.7 °C, and the amount of precipitation was above 0.4 mm. In the warm season, the highest mean daily incidence (7.0 per 100,000 population) was observed when the air temperature and atmospheric pressure were between 9.0 °C and 15.1 °C and 1003.6 to 1010.9 hPa, respectively. Along with local weather forecasts, broadcasting warnings about the increased risks of outdoor falls may serve as an effective AOFI prevention tool.en_US
dc.identifier.citationUnguryanu TN, Grjibovski A, Trovik TA, Ytterstad B, Kudryavtsev AV. Weather Conditions and Outdoor Fall Injuries in Northwestern Russia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). 2020;17en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1843932
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph17176096
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827
dc.identifier.issn1660-4601
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/20038
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.ispartofUnguryanu, Tatiana N. (2022). Evidence basis for injury prevention in Northwestern Russia: a study from the Population-based Shenkursk Injury Registry. (Doctoral thesis). <a href=https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23867>https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23867</a>
dc.relation.journalInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH)
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2020 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine, Social medicine: 801en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin, sosialmedisin: 801en_US
dc.titleWeather Conditions and Outdoor Fall Injuries in Northwestern Russiaen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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