Table 8 Burden of fall-related injuries in Qatar from previous studies
From: Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of fall-related injuries: a retrospective study
Study | Study population | Study duration | Total injuries | Fall injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
El-Faramawy et al. (2012) [14] | Spinal fractures | 2007 to 2009 (26 months) | 442 spinal injuries | 31% Fall from height |
Tuma et al. (2013) [15] | WRFI | 2007–2008 (12 months) | 315 total falls | 95% WRFI |
El-Matbouly et al. (2013) [16] | Traumatic brain injury | 2008–2011 (48 months) | 1665 traumatic brain injury | 35% Fall from height |
Al-Thani et al. (2014) [2] | work-related injuries | 2010–2012 (36 months) | 1496 work-related injuries | 51% Fall from height |
Parchani et al. (2014) [17] | TSAH | 2008–2012 (55 months) | 403 TSAH | 35% Fall from height |
Mahmood et al. (2014) [3] | Intubated patients in TICU | 2009–2010 (24 months) | 343 Intubated in TICU | 18% Falls |
Alyafei et al. (2015) [4] | Pediatric trauma | 2011 (12 months) | 163 | 36% |
Al-Thani et al. (2015) [18] | traumatic neck injury | 2008–2012 (60 months) | 51 | 10% |
Arumugam et al. (2015) [19] | Abdominal trauma | 2008–2011 (48 months) | 1036 | 25% |
El-Menyar et al. (2017) [20] | Pediatric traumatic brain injury | 2010–2014 (60 months) | 945 traumatic brain injury | 22% Falls |
Abdelrahman et al. (2018) [21] | fall at home | 2008–2011 (36 months) | 98 fall at home | 2.2 of trauma admissions |