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| General | |
| Identification | |
| Detailed name | Survey on unintentional falls from heights Among Children Under 15 Years Old in Ile-de-France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur |
| Sign or acronym | Enquête Défenestrations (Window-Related Fall Survey) |
| CNIL registration number, number and date of CPP agreement, AFSSAPS (French Health Products Safety Agency) authorisation | 2005 Survey: 1091099 2006 Survey: 1091099V1 2013 Survey: 1091099V2 |
| General Aspects | |
| Medical area |
Traumatology |
| Health determinants |
Lifestyle and behavior Social and psychosocial factors |
| Keywords | window-related falls, accidental height-related falls, children |
| Scientific investigator(s) (Contact) | |
| Name of the director | Thélot |
| Surname | Bertrand |
| Address | 12 rue du Val d’Osne 94 415 Saint Maurice Cedex |
| Phone | + 33 (0)1 41 79 68 50 |
| b.thelot@invs.sante.fr | |
| Organization | InVS |
| Collaborations | |
| Funding | |
| Funding status |
Mixed |
| Details | Ministry of Health, Ministry of Internal Affairs, MACIF (2013). |
| Governance of the database | |
| Sponsor(s) or organisation(s) responsible | INVS - Institut de Veille Sanitaire |
| Organisation status |
Public |
| Additional contact | |
| Main features | |
| Type of database | |
| Type of database |
Study databases |
| Study databases (details) |
Repeated cross-sectional studies (except case control studies) |
| Database recruitment is carried out by an intermediary |
A selection of health institutions and services |
| Database recruitment is carried out as part of an interventional study |
No |
| Additional information regarding sample selection. | Cases are exhaustively recorded throughout the regions involved. Cases are recorded by firefighters, SAMU (Emergency Medical Assistance Service), emergency physicians, paediatricians and healthcare professionals who encounter cases of victims who fell from windows or a significant height. |
| Database objective | |
| Main objective |
Main objective of 2013 survey:
• To measure the frequency of accidental falls from heights among children in Île-de-France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur between 15 March and 15 October 2013. Secondary objectives of the 2013 survey: • To identify circumstances surrounding accidental falls from heights during the survey period and possible trends since 2006; • To assess requirements in terms of preventing falls from heights among children and to advise responsible stakeholders on building safety regulations. • To provide epidemiological findings on falls from heights that are linked to other causes (suicide, assault, unknown origin). |
| Inclusion criteria |
The following criteria should be adhered to:
• Children under 15 years of age; • All falls from an access point (windows, skylights, balconies, etc.) and/or from a significant height; • Falls occurring in Île-de-France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur for the 2006 and 2013 surveys and in Ile-de-France for the 2005 survey. • Occurring between 15 March and 15 October for the 2006 and 2013 survey, and between 01 May and 30 September for the 2005 survey. |
| Population type | |
| Age |
Newborns (birth to 28 days) Infant (28 days to 2 years) Early childhood (2 to 5 years) Childhood (6 to 13 years) Adolescence (13 to 18 years) |
| Population covered |
Sick population |
| Gender |
Male Woman |
| Geography area |
Regional |
| Detail of the geography area | 2005 Survey: Île-de-France 2006 and 2013 Surveys: 3 regions: Île-de-France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur |
| Data collection | |
| Dates | |
| Date of first collection (YYYY or MM/YYYY) | 2005 |
| Size of the database | |
| Size of the database (number of individuals) |
< 500 individuals |
| Details of the number of individuals | --- |
| Data | |
| Database activity |
Current data collection |
| Type of data collected |
Clinical data Declarative data Administrative data |
| Clinical data (detail) |
Direct physical measures |
| Details of collected clinical data | Injuries, complications, onset within 30 days. |
| Declarative data (detail) |
Face to face interview |
| Administrative data (detail) | Age, sex, place of residence, parent PCS (profession and sociodemographic category). |
| Presence of a biobank |
No |
| Health parameters studied |
Health event/morbidity Health event/mortality Health care consumption and services |
| Care consumption (detail) |
Hospitalization |
| Procedures | |
| Data collection method | Survey repeated in 2005, 2006 and 2013. Collection includes three questionnaires: • Procedure Questionnaire for rescue organisations with 36 questions • Clinical Questionnaire with 40 questions to be completed by the medical team in charge of patient treatment • Social Questionnaire with 23 questions for collecting data on the child and family's sociodemographic environment; completed by healthcare professionals in contact with the family (social workers, psychologists, physicians, etc.) |
| Classifications used | Glasgow, paediatric trauma score, abbreviated injury scale (AIS). |
| Participant monitoring |
Yes |
| Details on monitoring of participants | Occurring within 30 days after the accident: death/moderate disability/severe disability/vegetative state/no sequelae. |
| Links to administrative sources |
No |
| Promotion and access | |
| Promotion | |
| Link to the document | nouveau document microsoft word (2).docx |
| Access | |
| Terms of data access (charter for data provision, format of data, availability delay) |
Results, reports, summaries and articles available on the website.
Request to the scientist in charge of the study or website request, according to current InVS terms. |
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