Daylight savings time transition and the incidence of femur fractures in the older population: a nationwide registry-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Daylight Savings Time (DST) transition is known to cause sleep disruption, and thus may increase the incidence of injuries and accidents during the week following the transition. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of femur fractures after DST transition.

Methods

We conducted retrospective population-based register study. All Finnish patients 70 years or older who were admitted to hospital due to femur fracture between 1997 and 2020 were gathered from the Finnish National Hospital Discharge Register. Negative binomial regression with 95% confidence intervals (CI) was used to evaluate the incidence of femur fractures after DST transition.

Results

The data included a total of 112,658 femur fractures during the study period between 1997 and 2020,

SUBMITTER: Ponkilainen V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9394509 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature