Effects of home environmental, behavioural and domestic activities on the risk of home injuries in French adults: Results from a prospective study

Madelyn Rojas (1, 2) , Marta Avalos (3, 1, 2) , Benjamin Contrand (2, 1) , Marion Dupuy (4) , Catherine Sztal-Kutas (4) , Ludivine Orriols (1, 2) , Emmanuel Lagarde (2, 1)

1 UB - Université de Bordeaux
2 BPH - Bordeaux population health
3 SISTM - Statistics In System biology and Translational Medicine
4 Calyxis Pôle d'Expertise des Risques

Prospective home injuries (HIs) and detailed exposure information are generally scarce to study risk factors. We assessed the associations between physical household environment, behaviours and Do-It-Yourself (DIY), gardening and domestic activities and HI's risk in a prospective cohort study. The MAVIE observatory is an e-cohort conducted among volunteers of the French general population. Poisson mixed models were fitted and Risk Ratios estimated to assess the determinant of the number of HIs prospectively recorded during the follow-up. A total of 6146 dwelling adults aged 15 or more were followed up for 4.0 years on average and 12% reported at least one HI during follow-up. Adjusting on socio-demographics variables and self-perception of physical and mental health, no characteristic of the physical environment measured at baseline were associated with HI risk. Storing household products out of their original packaging, DIY activities and using a stool to reach high places were significantly associated with HI with attributable fractions of 12.1%, 6.4% and 6.9% respectively.

Mots clés: home; environmental factors; cohort study; web-based; mixed methods

Domaines: Santé publique et épidémiologie; Applications [stat.AP]; Méthodologie [stat.ME]

Madelyn Rojas, Marta Avalos, Benjamin Contrand, Marion Dupuy, Catherine Sztal-Kutas, et al.. Effects of home environmental, behavioural and domestic activities on the risk of home injuries in French adults: Results from a prospective study. 2022. ⟨hal-03729445⟩