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Review
. 2023 Sep;52(9):1855-1865.
doi: 10.18502/ijph.v52i9.13568.

Analysis of the Home Accidents and Their Risk Factors in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Leili Abedi Gheshlaghi  1 , Ayoob Rastegar  2 , Maryam Moradi Binabaj  3 , Hamid Reza Shoraka  4 , Majid Fallahi  5
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Analysis of the Home Accidents and Their Risk Factors in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Leili Abedi Gheshlaghi et al. Iran J Public Health. 2023 Sep.

Abstract

Background: Home accident is among the most common type of trauma, in the second place after traffic accident. We aimed to determine the prevalence and factors affecting the occurrence of home accidents in Iran.

Methods: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and national Persian databases including SID, MagIran, and Medical Articles Bank were searched for articles published until September 12, 2021. The pooled prevalence and factors affecting the occurrence of home accidents were calculated.

Results: Twenty articles were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled prevalence of home accident was 44% (95%CI: 32% to 56%). The pooled prevalence of foreign object/fall, stab or cut, suffocation, burn, poisoning and were 15% (95%CI: 10% to 20%), 24% (95%CI: 10% to 38%), 1% (95%CI:0.7% to 1.3%), 31% (95%CI:19% to 42.2%), and 6.8% (95%CI:4.2% to 429.4%), respectively.

Conclusion: The prevalence of home accidents in Iran is moderate but higher than in other countries. The findings of this review highlight the need for more attention to home accident in children and elderly in the South and Southeast regions of Iran.

Keywords: Home accident; Iran; Meta-analysis; Prevalence; Systematic review.

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Flow diagram of search strategy
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Estimates of the prevalence of home accident among Iranian’s population
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