Epidemiological Characteristics of Falls from the National Injury Surveillance System - China, 2019-2022.

Introduction: This study describes and analyzes the distribution of fall cases documented in the National Injury Surveillance System (NISS) from 2019 to 2022.

Methods: Fall data from the NISS (2019-2022) were descriptively analyzed by gender and age.

Results: The NISS in China reported 2,324,577 fall cases from 2019 to 2022.

Heatwaves increase road traffic injury morbidity risk and burden in China and its provinces.

Previous studies have demonstrated health impacts of climate change, but evidence on heatwaves' associations with road traffic injury (RTI) is limited. In this study, individual information of RTI cases in May-September during 2006-2021 in China were obtained from the National Injury Surveillance System. Daily maximum temperatures (TM) during 2006-2021 were collected from the ERA-5 reanalysis, and the projected daily TM during 2020-2099 were obtained from the latest Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 Shared Socioeconomic Pathways scenarios (SSPs).

Housing Environmental Factors Driving Falls Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A National Cohort Study.

Background And Objectives: Housing is one of the main places where falls occur; however, few studies have examined housing environmental factors driving fall risk. This study aimed to explore the associations between housing environmental factors and falls in China.

Research Design And Methods: The study included data of middle-aged and older adults aged ≥45 years from 4 waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.

Effectiveness of Group-Based Interventions for Fall Prevention Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults - 7 Regions, 6 PLADs, China, 2019-2020.

What Is Already Known About This Topic?: Many of the current studies focusing on fall prevention interventions have been conducted in hospital settings within a select few urban areas in China, thus yielding limited evidence on the effectiveness of large-scale, multicenter, community-based interventions.

What Is Added By This Report?: In comparison to the control group, participants in the intervention group exhibited a 64% reduction in fall risk. Group-based fall prevention programs have demonstrated efficacy in mitigating fall risk among the elderly population.

Association between multimorbidity and falls and fear of falling among older adults in eastern China: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Growing evidence has reported an association between multimorbidity and falls and fear of falling (FOF) in older adults, however, the results regarding this association from China are limited. Our study aimed to investigate the association between multimorbidity and falls and FOF in older adults in eastern China.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in Zhejiang Province, Eastern China, which recruited a provincial representative sample of adults aged ≥ 60 years.

Perceptions of Facilitators and Barriers to Implementation of Falls Prevention Programs in Primary Health Care Settings in China.

Importance: Falls have become a major public health issue in China with population aging. Although falls prevention for older community-dwelling people has been included in the National Essential Public Health Service Package since 2009, there is limited understanding of the implementation of this program.

Objective: To identify the associated factors and provide recommendations to inform the better implementation of falls prevention in the Chinese primary health care system.

Body pain and functional disability predict falls in Chinese older adults: a population-based cohort study.

Background: Falls are major health care concerns for older adults. Pain is associated with increased falls in older adults. However, the impact of pain on functional disability and how this might predispose Chinese older adults to fall is unclear.

Burden of falls among people aged 60 years and older in mainland China, 1990-2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

Background: Falls in older people have become a major public health concern worldwide, but a comprehensive assessment of the burden of falls for older people in mainland China has not been done. We aimed to investigate the burden of falls among older people at the national and subnational level in mainland China, and explore the trends from 1990 to 2019, using data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019.

Method: Using data from GBD 2019, we estimated the burden of falls among people aged 60 years and older by sex and age group in terms of incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) rates and assessed these indicators at the subnational level in 31 geographical units (hereafter called provinces).

Characteristics of Falls Among Older People - China, 2018.

Summary: The incidence of falls among older people is 20.7% in China. Falls are the top cause for death from injuries in people aged 65 years and above, and mortality rates increase with age in China.

A Scoping Review of National Policies for Healthy Ageing in Mainland China from 2016 to 2020.

There remains limited literature to facilitate understanding of healthy ageing-related policies in China over the last five-year policy planning cycle. This study aims to characterise all relevant policies and identifies the policy gaps from a health system perspective. A scoping review framework was used.

Falls prevention interventions for community-dwelling older people living in mainland China: a narrative systematic review.

Background: Falls in community-dwelling older people have been recognised as a significant public health issue in China given the rapidly growing aged population. Although there are several reviews documenting falls prevention programs for community-dwelling older adults, no systematic reviews of the scope and quality of falls prevention interventions in Mainland China exist. Therefore, the aim of this study was to systematically review falls prevention interventions for community-dwelling older people living in Mainland China.

Characteristics of Injury Diagnosis among Primary and Secondary School Students - China, 2018.

What Is Already Known About This Topic?: Child injury is a serious public health problem in China. The epidemiological characteristics injuries related to primary and secondary school students were usually reported from school-based population surveys conducted in developed regions of China. Medical and health institution-based data were rarely adopted to explore the typical patterns of injury occurrence among primary and secondary school students in China.

The efficacy of mind-body (Baduanjin) exercise on self-reported sleep quality and quality of life in elderly subjects with sleep disturbances: a randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To examine the efficacy of a 24-week Baduanjin exercise program on self-reported sleep quality and quality of life in community-dwelling elderly subjects with sleep disturbances.

Methods: Community-dwelling elderly men and women meeting criteria for sleep disturbances (i.e.

The burden of injury in China, 1990-2017: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

Background: A comprehensive evaluation of the burden of injury is an important foundation for selecting and formulating strategies of injury prevention. We present results from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2017 of non-fatal and fatal outcomes of injury at the national and subnational level, and the changes in burden for key causes of injury over time in China.

Methods: Using the methods and results from GBD 2017, we describe the burden of total injury and the key causes of injury based on the rates of incidence, cause-specific mortality, and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in China estimated using DisMod-MR 2.

Violence prevalence and prevention status in China.

Objectives: To describe the prevalence status of violence and its prevention in China, and to provide reference for the development of strategies regarding violence prevention.

Methods: Violence mortality data between 2006 and 2015 were obtained from the national disease/death surveillance data set in 2006-2015. Data on violence-related medical cases were collected from the 2015 National Injury Surveillance System.

[Study on child head-injuries through data derived from the National Injury Surveillance System of China, 2014].

Objective: To understand the epidemiological characteristics of head injuries in children.

Methods: Data was derived from the Chinese National Injury Surveillance System (NISS) in 2014. Method on descriptive analysis was applied to depict general information, injuries events and clinical characteristics of head injuries among children under 18 years of age.

[Epidemiologic characteristics of fall in old population: Results from national injury surveillance in China, 2014].

Objective: To understand the epidemiologic characteristics of fall in people aged ≥60 years in China and provide evidence for the development of prevention and control measures of fall in old population.

Methods: Data of fall in people aged ≥60 years in China in 2014 were collected from National Injury Surveillance System (NISS) for the descriptive epidemiologic analysis.

Results: A total of 41,073 fall cases were reported in people aged ≥60 years in 2014, accounting for 52.

[Epidemiological characteristics of product harm cases in 32 hospitals in 11 areas in China, 2012-2014].

Objective: To understand the epidemiological characteristics of product harm cases in 32 hospitals in 11 areas in China from 2012 to 2014 and provide the basic data to support for product-specific survey, product harm early warning and the assessment of product safety.

Methods: The descriptive epidemiologic analysis was conducted by using the surveillance data of product harm collected from 32 hospitals in 11 areas in China during 2012-2014.

Results: A total of 208 784 product harm cases were reported in the 32 hospitals during 2012-2014, accounting for 19.

[Analysis on violence injury incidence and prevention in China].

Objective: To understand the incidence of violence injury and its prevention in China, and provide reference for the prevention and control of violence injury.

Methods: The violence injury data in China were collected from national death surveillance data set (2006-2013) and national injury surveillance system (2013) for the descriptive epidemiological analysis on the incidence of violence injury and related death. The laws and policies about violence injury prevention, related data collection capacity and violence injury prevention programs in China were described.

[Evaluation of performance of national injury surveillance in China, 2006-2012].

Objective: To evaluate the performance of national injury surveillance in China and provide evidence for the utilization and interpretation of surveillance data and the improvement of injury surveillance.

Methods: According to the national injury surveillance protocol, a retrospective analysis was conducted on the quality of injury surveillance carried out by the centers for disease control and prevention (CDCs) at all levels in China from 2006 to 2012. And related human resource and budget data in 2012 were collected for analysis.

[Analysis on the characteristics and factors associated with avoidance of activity induced by fear of falling in the community-dwelling elderly].

Objective: To investigate the epidemiologic characteristics and factors associated with the avoidance of activity, that induced by fear of falling in the community-dwelling elderly so as to provide evidence for preventing elderly from falling and to increase the quality of life.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 1 972 elderly in Zhejiang. Data were collected through face-to-face interview.

[Study on head injuries through data from the National Injury Surveillance System of China, 2013].

Objective: To understand the epidemiological characteristics of head injuries through data from the Chinese National Injury Surveillance System (NISS).

Methods: Descriptive analysis was applied to display the overall trend of head injuries in 2013 in NISS and to depict general information, events and clinical characteristics of head injuries with SPSS 19.0 software.

[Analysis on sports and recreation related injuries through data from the Chinese National Injury Surveillance System, 2009-2013].

Objective: To understand the trend and characteristics of sports and recreation related injuries reported from National Injury Surveillance System (NISS) to provide basis for corresponding prevention strategies and decision-making.

Methods: Descriptive analysis was applied to display the overall trend, general information, injury event and clinical characteristics of sports and recreation related injuries from 2009 to 2013.

Results: The proportion of sports and recreation related injuries among all injuries increased from 2009 to 2013, with an annual increase exceeding 45% (46.

[Distribution trends and characteristics analysis of non-motor road traffic injury cases monitored in China, 2006-2013].

Objective: To describe the distribution characteristics of outpatient/emergency cases of non-motor road traffic injuries in China from 2006-2013.

Methods: Cases of non-motor road traffic injuries were descriptively analyzed based on their data at the sentinel hospitals of the Chinese National Injury Surveillance System (NISS) from 2006 to 2013.

Results: The proportion of non-motor road traffic injuries among the total road traffic injuries of the year from 2006 to 2011 was relatively stable, and the proportion in 2013 was higher than 2012 (χ² = 508.