title: Home accidents in Sri Lanka--multicentre study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the pattern of home accidents treated in four types of clinical practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  A general practice and four hospital-based practices in accident service, general surgery and paediatric surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected on a pre-tested questionnaire from 2672 patients who comprised all the home accident patients treated at the 5 centres during a 12 month period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Questionnaire was analysed and results presented in regard to several variables including age, size of household and peak period, location and type of accident.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The characteristics of the victim, agent, environment, circumstances, cause and time of accident as determined by this study may be useful to formulate a prevention program.
authors.affiliation: General Hospital Colombo.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Aloysius
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ediriweera
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Panagamuwa
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Krishnarajah
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Karunaratna
mesh_terms: D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013188:Sri Lanka / Q000453:epidemiology