Characteristics of interpersonal violence in adult victims at the Adult Emergency Trauma Centre (AETC) of Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital.

摘要: Introduction Globally, the burden of interpersonal violence and its significant impact on mortality, morbidity disability makes it a major public health problem which necessitates intervention. This article examines characteristics victims violent events in Malawi. The focus is population that has been traditionally neglected literature. Methods Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) maintains trauma registry with data prospectively collected. Patients offered care after from May 2013 to 2015 were evaluated. Results There 1431 patients recorded at Adult Emergency Trauma Centre (AETC) male predominance 79.5%. dominant age group was young adults between 25-29 years old (22%). Most attacks occurred during cold dry season (46.9%) most common location road (37.2%). Alcohol use by 10.5% cases. Soft tissue injuries sustained (74.1%). treated as outpatients (80.9%). two deaths. At multivariate analysis, women had lower risk compared men, (OR 0.82 [0.69-0.98]). Victims' alcohol associated increased assault 1.63 [1.27-2.10]). As other places, odds being assaulted higher home 1.62 [1.27-2.06]) but work 0.68 [0.52-0.89) [0.65-1.03]). Odds hot season, 1.26 [1.08-1.47]). Conclusion Young males involved violence. Location injury seasonal variation factors commonly soft injuries. These findings will help identifying targeted interventions for Malawi low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs).