Sun Ye-Huan, Yu Ignatius T S, Zhang Yan, Fan Ya-Ping, Guo Shu-Qin, Wong Tze Wai
Department of Community & Family Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Acta Paediatr. 2006 Mar;95(3):268-75. doi: 10.1080/08035250500312171.
To describe the rates and patterns of unintentional injuries among primary and middle school students in China.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Maanshan City of the Anhui Province in eastern China. All students attending six primary and four middle schools, selected randomly, were asked to report unintentional injuries occurring in the 12-mo period before the survey. The occurrence of unintentional injuries that resulted in medical attendance was summarized by study grade, sex, month and external causes.
The annual event-based injury rate per 100 students was higher among boys (21.7) than girls (17.6). Only 1.9% of the episodes resulted in hospitalization, and 17.8% resulted in missing school. The most frequent injuries were falls (38.2%) and transportation-related injuries (19.6%). The risk of injury was lower in middle schools than primary schools. Distribution by month of occurrence showed two peaks in boys during spring and autumn, but no clear peak was observed in girls.
The descriptive epidemiology of unintentional injuries among students in China provides useful information on the distributions in person, place and time, which in turn provide hints for the further exploration of possible risk factors that are important in planning strategies for future prevention.
描述中国中小学生意外伤害的发生率及模式。
在中国东部安徽省马鞍山市开展一项横断面调查。随机选取6所小学和4所中学的所有学生，要求他们报告在调查前12个月内发生的意外伤害情况。导致就医的意外伤害发生情况按年级、性别、月份和外部原因进行汇总。
每100名学生中，男孩的年度基于事件的伤害发生率（21.7）高于女孩（17.6）。只有1.9%的事件导致住院，17.8%的事件导致缺课。最常见的伤害是跌倒（38.2%）和与交通相关的伤害（19.6%）。中学的伤害风险低于小学。按发生月份分布显示，男孩在春季和秋季出现两个高峰，但女孩未观察到明显高峰。
中国学生意外伤害的描述性流行病学提供了关于人群、地点和时间分布的有用信息，这反过来为进一步探索可能的风险因素提供了线索，这些因素对规划未来预防策略很重要。
