Unit:
Τομέας Κοινωνικής Ιατρικής - Ψυχιατρικής και ΝευρολογίαςLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Author:
Αντωνόπουλος Κωνσταντίνος
Dissertation committee:
Καθηγήτρια Ελένη Πετρίδου
Original Title:
Επιδημιολογία ατυχημάτων, χειρουργικών και αγγειακών κακώσεων: ανάπτυξη αυτοματοποιημένου αρχείου υγείας φοιτητών πανεπιστημίων ευρωπαϊκών χωρών και αξιοποίηση δεδομένων από το σύστημα καταγραφής ατυχημάτων στα εξωτερικά ιατρεία (emergency department injury surveillance system, EDISS)
Translated title:
Epidemiology of accidents, surgical and vascular injuries: development of an automated database addressing health and safety issues for european universities and use of the emergency department injury surveillance system (EDISS) data
Summary:
Injuries are widely recognized as a serious threat to public health. The aim of
this thesis were a) to investigate the epidemiology of accidents and
subsequent trauma in different age groups, b) to identify and evaluate current
risk factors, c) to assess the potential of injury prevention devices and d) to
endure the development and establishment of a tool for systematic recording of
injuries among adolescents and young adults, namely a high risk taking age
group. The material of the six publications comprised the current thesis
derived from: (1) a self-reporting electronic tool addressing health issues of
University Students, the «Student Health Card», which was developed ad hoc for
the purpose of the current thesis, (2) a system for collecting data from the
emergency departments of four outpatient hospitals of Greek territory, the
EDISS, which was developed and worked for 10 years in Greece by the Center for
Research and Prevention of Injuries (CEREPRI), (3) data of previous studies
that were assessed using the methodology of meta-analysis.
Keywords:
Epidemiology, Injury, Amputation, Meta-analysis, Vascular trauma
Number of references:
215
