Abstract:
The sampling method used was cluster sampling and 884 elderly participated in the study.
Pre tested interviewer administered questionnaire was used to collect data. The socio
demographic factors, economic factors, health related factors and details of home accidents
were included in the questionnaire. Home accidents are "accidents that takes places in and
around the house. The home must be understood to include the dwelling unit itself; the
garden , the yard . garage, and all that is personal to the house hold' ( Beckitt 1965). Data
were analyzed by using APSS version 16.0 soft ware package. Thereby incidence of the
home accidents of the study population and the age and sex specific incidence of home
accidents and its 95 percent confidence interval ( CI) were calculated. To assess the
association between home accidents and selected factors, multiple logistic regressions was
applied and results were expressed as odds ratios and 95 percent confidence intervals
