Effects of weather and moon phases on emergency medical use after fall injury: A population-based nationwide study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies reported that changes in weather and phases of moon are associated with medical emergencies and injuries. However, such studies were limited to hospital or community level without explaining the combined effects of weather and moon phases. We investigated whether changes in weather and moon phases affected emergency department (ED) visits due to fall injuries (FIs) based on nationwide emergency patient registry data.

Methods

Nationwide daily data of ED visits after FI were collected from 11 provinces (7 metropolitan cities and 4 rural provinces) in Korea between January 2014 and December 2018. The daily number of FIs was standardized into FI per million population (FPP) in each province. A multivariate regression analysis was conducted to elucidat

SUBMITTER: Yuh MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8719656 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature