Govt. Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India.
Indian J Public Health. 2011 Apr-Jun;55(2):125-7. doi: 10.4103/0019-557X.85248.
World Health Organization global disease update (2004) points out injuries as the sixth leading cause of morbidity and mortality in childhood. A descriptive hospital based study was conducted to find out the common types of unintentional injuries among children admitted for management of unintentional injuries in Pediatric Surgery department and Intensive Care Unit of a tertiary care hospital of North Kerala and to find out the contributing risk factors. A total of 400 children admitted during the study period of 6 months of 2009 constituted the study population. Mechanical injuries comprising of Road traffic accidents and accidental fall were the major cause of unintentional injuries (36%), followed by Poisoning (22.3%). A higher proportion of unintentional injuries were noted to occur among children of younger mothers, overactive child, children belonging to extended or joint families, child left alone or with friends, pre-school children, male child and from urban dwellings. The study highlights the need to identify the different types of unintentional injuries and the risk factors of childhood injuries which require hospitalisation. Identification of risk factors will help to formulate strategies aimed at risk reduction and prevention of childhood injuries.
世界卫生组织全球疾病更新（2004 年）指出，伤害是儿童发病率和死亡率的第六大主要原因。本研究是一项基于医院的描述性研究，旨在调查北喀拉拉邦一家三级护理医院小儿外科和重症监护病房收治的因意外伤害而入院的儿童中常见的意外伤害类型，并找出促成这些伤害的危险因素。2009 年 6 个月的研究期间共收治了 400 名儿童，他们构成了研究人群。机械性损伤（包括道路交通伤害和意外跌倒）是意外伤害的主要原因（占 36%），其次是中毒（占 22.3%）。研究表明，母亲年龄较小、孩子过度活跃、来自大家庭或联合家庭、孩子独处或与朋友在一起、学龄前儿童、男孩和城市居民更容易发生意外伤害。该研究强调需要识别不同类型的意外伤害和需要住院治疗的儿童伤害的危险因素。确定危险因素将有助于制定旨在减少和预防儿童伤害的策略。
