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Domestic accidents and the resulting injuries are major global health concerns, especially when children are affected. Household accidents result in morbidity and mortality in children but are often neglected compared to the attention given to other childhood illnesses. This is a case series of 6 children involved in domestic accidents due to the caregivers' negligence. The patients presented at the Accident and Emergency Department of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. Domestic accidents can result from falls from height leading to traumatic brain injury, which can be mild, moderate or severe. All the falls in this case series were preventable. Therefore, it is recommended that safety measures should be instituted at home and wherever children are to prevent any accident which can lead to physical injury and indirectly impact the parents, guardians and family.

Aim: a study aim to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme on knowledge regarding prevention and first aid management of domestic accident among mothers of under five children at selected rural area villupuram. Objectives: To assess the level of knowledge on prevention and first aid management of domestic accident among mother of under five children. To evaluate the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme on prevention and first aid management on domestic accident among mothers of under five children To associate the post test level of knowledge on prevention and first aid management on domestic accident among mothers of under five children with their selected demographic variables. Methods & Material: A quantitative research approach - Pre-experimental research design with one group pre test and post test design was adopted. 50 samples were selected for the study by using non probability convenient sampling technique. Results: In pre test level of knowledge among 50 samples 41(82%) had inadequate knowledge 7(14%) had moderate knowledge and 2(4%) had adequate knowledge regarding domestic accident .in post test level of knowledge among 50 samples 7(14%) had adequate knowledge and 13(26%) had adequate knowledge regarding domestic accident. The finding reveals that pre test mean was 13.44 with the standard deviation of 2.619 and the post test mean was 18.52 with the standard deviation of 2.651. The mean difference of pre and post test is 5.2, standard error is 0.781. The ‘t’ value of 6.6 is Highly Significant at p

Purpose: The research is a semi-experimental study with a pre-post testing design that aims to assess the impact of domestic accidents training given to parents with mentally disabled children. Methods: The sample of the study consists of 32 parents whose children were enrolled in a special education center. Data were collected using sociodemographic features, Diagnostic Scale Of Safety Measures For Domestic Accidents In Children Aged 0-6, and training assessment form. Percentiles, averages, standard deviation, Cronbach Alpha internal consistency analysis, t-test, Kruskal Wallis, variance analysis were used to analyze the data. Results: 71.9% of parents had previously received training on domestic accidents, 59.4% of their children had previously had domestic accidents, and poisoning was experienced the most (63.2%). It was determined that one month after training, parents' attitude score on measures to protect them from domestic accidents increased compared to pre-training. There was no significant difference between the rate children had domestic accidents before and after the training. No significant differences were found between parents' behavior before and after the training in taking safety measures at home. Conclusions: It is recommended that families be trained by health professionals at regular intervals to protect them from home accidents and also ensuring continuity and observing the effects of the training by making in-home visits.

Background: Domestic accidents are worldwide health problems. Domestic accidents have not so far been recognized to the same extent as traffic and work-related injuries, largely because they have not been effectively counted. Very few studies are available regarding domestic accidents in India, and there is no study available from the rural areas. Hence the present study was undertaken with an aim to assess the prevalence of domestic accidents in a rural community. Aim & Objective: To assess the prevalence of domestic accidents in a rural community. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in the rural field practice area of Katuri Institute of Medical Sciences, Guntur. Totally 5419 individuals were selected from 30 clusters using Cluster Sampling Technique. In each cluster, 178 individuals (some clusters had more than 178 individuals) were surveyed by house-to-house visit. Information about domestic accidents among the family members in the past one year was obtained by interviewing the head of the family or responsible adult informant using a pre-tested structured proforma. The data was compiled and analyzed. Results: Among 5419 individuals, 2748 (50.9%) were males and 2671 (49.1%) were females. Prevalence of domestic accidents in the rural community was found to be 9.6%, majority (21.8%) of domestic accidents are observed in children 1-4 years of age. Most common domestic accidents reported were falls (43.2%). Majority (44.1%) of domestic accidents occurred in the morning hours. Commonest place for occurrence of domestic accidents was kitchen (46.5%). Majority (53.6%) was treated at home and complete recovery was observed in 91.9% of domestic accident cases. Conclusion: The prevalence of domestic accidents in the rural community was 9.6 %. Falls were the most common domestic accidents.

Introduction hand injuries are a common emergency mainly caused by domestic accidents or sport injuries. During the COVID-19 pandemic confinement period, with a cut off in transportation as well as in occupational and physical activities, we observed a decrease in medical and elective surgical activities but emergency cases of upper limb and hand surgery increased. Materials and methods we conducted a retrospective epidemiological study to analyze two periods between the same dates in 2019 and 2020, for all the duration of the confinement period. We compared the numbers of consultations in the emergency department, elective surgeries, hand and upper limb emergency cases in our center and urgent limb surgeries in the nearby hospital. Then we compared the mechanisms and severity of injuries and the type of surgery. Results between 2019 and 2020 there was a decrease of consultations in the emergency department in our institution of 52%, a decrease of total elective surgeries of 75%, a decrease in surgeries for urgent peripheral limb injuries of 50%, whereas the hand and upper limb emergency remained stable or even increased by 4% regard to occupational and domestic accidents. There was a significant difference in the mechanism of injury with an increase of domestic accident and a decrease of occupational, road traffic and sport accidents. Severity of the injuries increased, with augmentation of the number of tissues involved and longer expected time of recovery. Conclusion during the confinement period of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite an important reduction of medical activities, the amount and severity of hand emergency cases increased. A specific plan regarding duty shift organization for hand trauma should be maintained regardless of the sanitary situation.

Introduction Facial trauma are an important cause of serious ocular morbidity. In particular domestic trauma are a small part of total. COVID-19 pandemic has been influencing our life in a way never seen before, people need to remain at home due to lockdown restrictions. In this scenario we are seeing an increase in the percentage of domestic facial trauma. In other hand pandemic has influenced the possibility of hospitalization, so daily based procedures increased their importance in global treatment planning. Case presentation A 58 yo man presented to our ward with a foreign body in left eyebrow. Trauma happened during gardening. Clinical discussion The importance of imaging to perform the right procedure has become more important during pandemic to reduce time of hospitalization. Conclusion CT scan and ophtalmology consult have been the guideline to avoid a more invasive treatment which was performed in an outpatient regimen with local anesthesia.

O pneumoencéfalo geralmente é decorrente de lesão traumática craniofacial. Quando é decorrente de lesão penetrante na região da órbita, tem sido considerado raro. O pneumoencéfalo hipertensivo é considerado uma emergência neurocirúrgica. Os autores relatam um caso de pneumoencéfalo hipertensivo em um paciente vitima de acidente doméstico por chave de fenda na região orbitária direita. Foram discutidos a fisiopatologia, o tratamento e o prognóstico.

Background: Unintentional injury remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children worldwide. This study assessed the knowledge, attitude, prevalence, and practices toward the prevention of domestic accidents and injuries among caregivers of under-five in Kano, Nigeria. Materials and Methods: Three hospitals located within Kano metropolis were chosen because they are the main referral hospitals located strategically in three local government areas and well patronized by the populace as evidenced by their patient turnover. Respondents (caregivers) were selected for administration of the questionnaires using systematic sampling technique based on the order of their presentation at the emergency pediatric unit (EPU). Results: Overall prevalence of domestic accidents in the three hospitals in the study was 13.7%. The mean age of caregivers was 29.6 ± 9.7 years and the majority of them were female 81.3%. Nearly 64.6% have formal education out of which 27.8% have up to tertiary education and most with at least five and above under-five under their care, with mean ages of the under-five children of 2.87 ± 2.82 years. Only 7.7% of the respondents had an overall good knowledge of domestic accident and injuries. Kerosene poisoning was the commonest domestic accident reported (34.4%) followed by falls (17.5%). Significantly, 30% of respondents had good practice toward domestic accident prevention largely due to preventive behaviors such as self-motivation (9.7%) and perceived danger (41.5%). Conclusion: This study demonstrates that domestic accidents especially those involving kerosene is common among children aged less than 5 years in a large sized family.

In order to improve the accuracy of car side collision accident reconstruction, a domestic accident case is taken as an example to reconstruct the accident through PC-CRASH and design the orthogonal experiment. Through experiments, the weight ranking of PC-CRASH side impact reconstruction is obtained. According to the weight of the parameters, the accident case is reconstructed again. The results show that the error between the reconstructed result and the actual accident result after the targeted adjustment of the parameter is significantly smaller than the error between the reconstruction result obtained from the unadjusted adjustment parameter and the actual accident result. Therefore, it is verified that the accident reconstruction according to the weighting of the affected parameters can improve the accuracy of the result of PC-CRASH accident reconstruction of the side collision of the car.

Objetivo: Analisar perfil sociodemográfico e autoestima em pacientes queimados de hospital referência. Método: Pesquisa quantitativa, realizada com 20 pacientes no centro de queimados de hospital público entre janeiro de 2017 a dezembro 2018. Utilizou-se questionário semiestruturado para caracterização de perfil, Escala de Autoestima de Rosenberg na alta hospitalar ou primeiro retorno após alta. Resultado: Maioria do sexo masculino (75%), média de idade 39,49 anos, casados (65%), com rede social comunitária (60%), acidente doméstico em 50% dos casos, queimaduras 2º grau (65%). Média 43[34-58] dias internados, agente predominante o fogo (30%). Melhores escores de autoestima presentes em pacientes do sexo masculino, até 41 anos, casado e com acesso as redes sociais. Conclusão: Ser do sexo masculino, casado e ter redes sociais teve melhores escores para autoestima em pacientes internados por queimaduras em sua maioria por acidente doméstico, com fogo, queimaduras de segundo grau em 15 a 30% de área corporal queimada.

The importance of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) systems as a new paradigm to provide assistance to independent older adults at home is constantly growing. In this context, one of the most demanded feature is the possibility to promptly alert caregivers if an anomaly -e.g., a fall or a domestic accident - occurs. However, it is particularly difficult to monitor situations where the subject performs activities that do not involve motion (e.g., "sleeping", "watching TV"). In such cases, there is the need to understand whether the behavior of the person at home has a normal flow or if, for example, it is due to an illness that the monitoring system might not distinguish from other activities.In this work, we deepened the concept of home inactivity and we report a statistical survey study to identify the most relevant variables (observable set) that should be considered while designing an efficient AAL system.

A penetrating abdominal injuries with evisceration in a child caused by an explosion of a mobile phone battery, is a rare form of accident. This is a case report on a 7 year-old boy who has been brought by his parents to the Emergency Room of the Regional Hospital Center of Lome Commune (Togo), for penetrating abdominal injury with bowel evisceration at the left flank. The boy was playing outside the house while a mobile phone battery exploded out of a burning waste, and hit him on the left flank. The examination revealed an evisceration of about 50 cm on the left flank. He benefited from a laparotomy 8 h later with lesion repair. The post-operative was simple.

Blunt cardiac rupture is typically a fatal injury with overall mortality exceeding 90%. Most of the patients never reach the hospital alive. In pediatric patients, only 0.03% of cases following blunt trauma admissions have a cardiac injury. This report presents a rare survivor of 16-months old toddler injured in a domestic accident suffering a right atrial rupture repaired through a median sternotomy. To the best of our knowledge this is the youngest case reported in the literature.

In an attempt to reach the most rational explanation possible, a complex analysis and evaluation of the pros and cons for spontaneous human combustion, murder, suicide and domestic accident is required for the death in atypical circumstances of an 80-year-old man from a rural area, who had burns on 90% of his body. The analysis of research data from the scene and from the autopsy led us to the most reasonable explanation, that of a domestic accident caused by the accidental ignition of nylon fabric used for clothing. Keywords: spontaneous human combustion, murder, suicide, domestic accidents. Language: en

Evisceration of abdominal viscus following “Flowerpot firecracker” (tubri) blast injury to the abdomen is a rare but dangerous form of domestic accident. Lack of knowledge and non-compliance of safety measures is the major reason for firecracker eventualities. A 10-year male child presented three hours post-injury with a wound over the upper abdomen. On examination there was evisceration of part of stomach along with colon through supraumbilical abdominal wound. Resuscitation and repair following exploratory laparotomy performed. Patient recovered well postoperatively. Public awareness and safety measures need to be taken to prevent the fatal outcomes of firecracker misuse.

Background: Domestic accidents are a priority problem, and urgent attention is required to prevent considerable morbidity and mortality in children of the under-five age group.Methods: Community based cross-section study done in the peri-urban areas of Aligarh, India. Mothers/care-givers were interviewed about any domestic accident faced by children under 5 year age, in the last 1 year, through a semi-structured, pilot tested questionnaire. Multivariable logistic regression was performed using SPSS 24.0 software.Results: Majority of respondents were in the age group 20-35 years, majority of the children affected were male (35.6%), and in the age group of 3 to

The objectives of this study are to determine the prevalence of domestic accidents, describe the factors associated with domestic accidents and assess the medical and economical consequences of domestic accidents. Community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in a semi-urban area of Tamil Nadu during February 2013. A total of 3947 study participants were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. Study variables included were socio-demography, housing conditions, epidemiological factors, medical and economical consequences of domestic accidents. Means and proportions were calculated. The prevalence of domestic accidents was 12.7%. Out of 500 domestic accidents, falls (54.4%) was the most common type of domestic accident. Females and the respondents in age group of 21-40 years were more commonly affected. About 60% of victims received treatment. Mean duration of hospital stay, mean amount of money spent for treatment and mean number of days away from routine work for falls category were 16 days, US$25 and 8 days, respectively, which are higher than other types of accidents. The burden and impact of domestic accidents was high. Therefore, in order to prevent and control domestic accidents, promotion of house safety measures and creation of awareness among the community using IEC programmes have to be undertaken.

Children are increasingly transported in cars or other modes of road transportation. With this increased travel comes the higher risk of children becoming involved in a vehicle accident as an occupant. Among the injuries included in the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS), the head is one of the most frequently injured parts of the body. For a 3-year-old child (3-YOC), the most common injury observed during a road accident is skull fracture. This study proposed to develop a 3-YOC head finite element model (FEM) based on the geometrical three-dimensional reconstruction of two-dimensional slices obtained using X-ray computed tomography scanning geometries. In order to reproduce the skull fracture and brain injury with the head FEM, 13 domestic accident reconstructions involving fall cases of 3-YOC were collected from the paediatric emergency departments of different hospitals. After the numerical reconstructions of these fall cases, some mechanical parameters were extracted and then correlated with the observed injuries.

The estimation of occupant injury risk at crash accident is one of the most important assessments for the vehicle crashworthiness performance. The design of safety devices such as occupant restraining system also depend on the kinematics of occupant and its injury risk. The real world in-depth accident investigation provides detailed and realistic information of vehicle damage and occupant injury as well as the accident conditions. This paper introduces a statistical analysis of NASS/CDS database and domestic accident data to correlate speed change, vehicle damage extend, and occupant injury at frontal crash. The maximum crush extend shows a linear relationship with the effective impact speed. The injury risks of the occupant with and without restraining were also respectively quantified with the crush extend. This result can be effectively used for the emergent rescue of crash victims with automatic crash notification system.

Nowadays, the number of elderly people keeps growing and represents a non negligible part of the global population in the world. Consequently, healthcare and monitoring expenses destined to them become more and more important. Indeed, receiving ageing people in dedicated infrastructures with qualified staff costs a lot of money either for them and for governments. Also, a large number of elderly prefer continue to live in their own houses rather than joining those healthcare centers. However, they could be subject to domestic accidents and the latters are often detected after a while. This work aims to setup a efficient wireless video surveillance system to help elderly people who need a permanent assistance while they prefer still living in their houses. Our main objective is to early detect and transmit via Internet any abnormal behavior or domestic accident to assistance services. For this, small cameras embedded on wireless home deployed sensors have been considered. Moreover, a simple and lightweight routing protocol for an optimized data transmission have been proposed. The whole system was implemented on an Arduino based platform on which a set of experiments were conducted.

The study assessed the knowledge and practices for domestic accident among 756 mothers of preschool children in Ibadan Southwest Local Government Area, Nigeria. Pretested questionnaire with a 15-point knowledge scale relating to domestic accident prevention was used for data collection. Descriptive statistics and ANOVA were used for data analysis. Mean age of respondents was 28.7±5.8 years and 97.8% had at least primary school education. About 30.3% of mothers place cooking utensils on the floor and 46.0% reported domestic accidents [falls (47.0%), burns (23.5%) and ingestion of kerosene (8.4%)] in their preschool children. Domestic accidents were perceived as not totally preventable (85.3%) and part of children’s development (50.8%). Preventive practices employed included consistent monitoring of preschool children (58.5) and keeping drugs in secured boxes (55.5%). Self responsibility (58.1%), perceived danger (37.0%) and fear of husband’s reaction (32.7%) were main influences for adoption of the preventive behaviour. Although knowledge on the causes and prevention of domestic accidents was high among the respondents, preventive practices need to be strengthened. Educational interventions such as training and public enlightenment aimed at empowering mothers and significant others to be more involved in the prevention of domestic accidents among their preschool children are recommended.

Carbon monoxide is responsible for a large number of accidental domestic poisoning and deaths throughout the world. Domestic carbon monoxide poisoning is rarely reported in India and remains an under recognized problem. The diagnosis of carbon monoxide poisoning is usually based on autopsy findings, circumstantial evidence and estimation of carboxy-haemoglobin in blood. We report a case of fatal accidental carbon monoxide poisoning in a bathroom where an LPG gas water heater was installed recently. Cherry pink discolouration of the body and organs on autopsy suggested carbon monoxide poisoning. Laboratory analysis of blood by UV visible spectrophotometry revealed presence of dangerous levels of carboxy-haemoglobin. Effective preventive measures can help in bringing down the mortality and morbidity associated with carbon monoxide poisoning.

ResumenObjetivosEstudiar la incidencia, las características epidemiológicas y tipos de accidentes domésticos y de ocio en Castilla y León durante 2009.DiseñoEstudio observacional descriptivo prospectivo de diseño muestral.EmplazamientoCentros de salud de atención primaria de Castilla y León.ParticipantesEl registro de enfermería lo realizan 130 enfermeros/as seleccionados mediante análisis de conglomerados. Cubren una población del 5%.Mediciones principalesLos datos se obtuvieron mediante un formulario anónimo. Las variables estudiadas fueron sexo, edad, momento, lugar, tipo y desencadenante del accidente. Se realizó análisis descriptivo y se utilizaron los tests de χ2, exacto de Fischer, χ2 de tendencias y t de Student. Los intervalos de confianza se calcularon al 95%.ResultadosLa incidencia acumulada anual de accidentes domésticos y de ocio fue de 2.651 casos por 100.000 habitantes, siendo ligeramente mayor el porcentaje de hombres (50,4%). Se accidentaron más los menores de 15 años y ≥ 65 años. El 49,2% de los accidentes ocurrió en horario de mañana y un 71,7% en día laborable. Un 57,1% se produjo en el hogar, un 16,8% en la vía pública y un 7,3% en centros escolares. Los tipos de accidente más comunes fueron caídas al mismo nivel (40,4%) y uso de objetos cortantes y punzantes (22,7%).ConclusionesEl accidente se produjo, fundamentalmente, en el hogar, en día laborable y como consecuencia de caídas. Los grupos de edad más afectados fueron los menores de 15 años y ≥ 65 años.AbstractObjectivesTo study incidence, epidemiological characteristics and types of domestic and leisure accidents in Castilla y León during 2009.DesignA descriptive study using a prospectivesample design.EmplacementHealth Primary Care Centres of Castilla y León.ParticipantsThe Nurse Registry is made up of 130 nurses selected by conglomerates analysis. They cover 5% of the population.Principal measurementsThe information was obtained by means of an anonymus form. The studied variables were sex, age, type, place, type and origin of the accident. A descriptive analysis was performed using χ2, Fischer, χ2 of trends and t Student tests, with 95% confidence intervals.ResultsThe annual cumulative incidence was 2651 cases/100000 inhabitants, ther being slightly higher percentage of men (50.4%). The ≤ 15 and ≥ 65 years age groups had more accidents. The time of day of 49.2% of the accidents was during the morning and 71.7% were on a working day. The majority (57.1%) took place in the home, 16,8% in the street, and 7.3% in schools. The most common accidents types were falls to the same level (40.4%) and use of cutting and sharp objects (22.7%).ConclusionsMost accidents took place within the home, on a working day and by falls. The most affected were the ≤ 15 and ≥ 65 years old age groups.

Les accidents de la vie courante (AcVC) sont fréquents chez l’enfant et peuvent être à l’origine de lésions handicapantes et de décès. L’objectif de notre travail était d’étudier les aspects épidémiologiques et lésionnels des AcVC à Dakar. C’est une étude transversale descriptive menée du 1er Janvier 2013 au 30 juin 2013. Les enfants victimes d’accidents domestiques, d’accidents de sport et de loisirs ou d’accidents scolaires ont été inclus. Nous avons étudié des paramètres généraux et des paramètres ayant trait à chaque type d’AcVC. Deux cent et un enfants ont été inclus, ce qui représentait 27% des consultations aux urgences. Il y avait 148 garçons et 53 filles. Les enfants de moins de 5 ans étaient les plus touchés (37,8%). Le football et le jeu de lutte étaient les grands pourvoyeurs d’AcVC. Les AcVC survenaient principalement à domicile (58,2%) et dans les aires de sport et de loisirs (31,8%). Les fractures prédominaient dans les différents types d’AcVC: 54,9% des accidents domestiques, 68,8% des accidents de sport et de loisirs et 40% des accidents scolaires. Au plan épidémiologique, nos résultats sont superposables à la littérature. Les fractures prédominent à l’opposé de la littérature où les contusions sont prépondérantes. Le jeu de lutte est le plus grand pourvoyeur de ces fractures après le football. La connaissance des aspects épidémiologiques et lésionnels permet de mener des campagnes de prévention des AcVC à Dakar.

Background: Domestic accidents are important worldwide public health problems which require increased attention. A domestic accident means an accident that takes place at home or its immediate surroundings. Domestic accidents can result in disability and loss of productivity. The aim of the study was to find the prevalence of domestic accidents in a rural area and the various epidemiological factors associated with it . Methods: A community based cross sectional study was done in a rural area of Kerala. The study period was April-May 2016. Face to face interview with a responsible adult informant was done to collect information from 403 households consisting of 1826 individuals using a semi-structured questionnaire after getting consent. Data was tabulated using MS Excel and analysed using SPSS version 20. Qualitative variables expressed as percentages and association found out using Chi square test. Results: The prevalence of domestic accidents in the community was found to be 10.5% (9.14 – 11.95, 95% CI). Majority of the victims were females (66%). Falls were the most prevalent type of domestic accident (33.5%) and it was found to be significantly associated with age, educational status, place of occurrence and activity during accident. First aid kits were available only in 38.2% of houses . Conclusions: Increased awareness, specially among female population is needed to reduce domestic accidents. Take extra care of the extreme ages as they are more vulnerable to falls. It is essential that every house has a first aid kit.

The paper describes aspects of a journey through the health-care system following a domestic accident. The journey commenced in the accident and emergency department and, over a 3 month period, traversed the operating theatre, intensive care and an orthopaedic ward before moving into a Hospital in the Home programme and community health and district nursing services. The paper explores the experiences of the accident victim, a 56-year-old man, and his wife who is an experienced nurse and university lecturer. The paper supports the 'seamless delivery' concept of integrated care while, at the same time, sounding notes of caution. The principal messages in this paper are about the relationships that nurses build with patients and their families over long periods of care, the paradoxical sense of 'outsideness' that can occur when the home becomes medicalized and the importance of the home as a healing environment.

The accidental aspiration of a foreign body is a frequent domestic accident among children but a rare occurrence in adults. The laryngeal impaction of a coin is an unusual accident; only a few cases have been reported in the literature. Diagnosis is mostly achieved by clinicoradiological examinations. The authors report an uncommon case of laryngeal impaction of a coin in a 21-year-old patient, presenting with dysphonia without dyspnea or stridor. The extraction was performed by endoscopy.

Domestic accidents are widespread, but no data are available on their occurrence in pathological populations such as patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Aim was to investigate domestic habits and occurrence of different types of domestic accidents and near falls in a sample of MS patients compared with healthy controls and to determine whether patients' domestic accidents are linked to any disease characteristics.Descriptive survey of 50 patients and 50 healthy controls. Participants were administered an ad-hoc questionnaire to collect data on domestic habits and accidents they had in the past 2 months. Their physical and neuropsychological functioning, mood and fatigue were also assessed.Results showed that patients spend most of their time at home with caregivers. No differences emerged for total number of domestic accident types, but there were differences in bumps and near falls. The latter seem to be linked to patients' walking ability and to bowel/bladder functioning and the former to reasoning ability and fatigue.This study provides the first data on the occurrence of domestic accidents and possible causes in MS patients. It encourages further studies on the topic, with the final goal of designing preventive and rehabilitation strategies.