Griffin Bronwyn, Watt Kerrianne, Kimble Roy, Shields Linda
a Centre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, Faculty of Medicine , University of Queensland , Brisbane , Australia.
b School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences , James Cook University , Townsville , Australia.
Compr Child Adolesc Nurs. 2018 Sep;41(3):165-180. doi: 10.1080/24694193.2018.1502532. Epub 2018 Sep 5.
The main objective of this study is to describe incidence rates (IRs) of low-speed vehicle run-over events among children aged 0 to 14 years in Queensland, Australia, from 1999 to 2009, by Indigenous Australian status. Data on low-speed vehicle run-over events among children aged 0 to 14 years in Queensland were obtained for 11 calendar years (1999-2009) from all relevant data sources using International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes, text description, word searches, and medical notes and were manually linked. Crude fatal and nonfatal IRs were calculated for Indigenous and non-Indigenous children; trends over time were analyzed by chi-square test for trend. Relative risks (RRs) were also calculated. Data on demographics, health service usage/outcomes, incident characteristics, and injury characteristics were obtained. Descriptive and multivariate analyses were performed in order to investigate whether these characteristics varied with Indigenous status. IRs were higher among Indigenous Australian children aged 0 to 14 years (21.76/100,000/annum) than other Australian children (14.09), for every year of the 11-year study. The age group most at risk for low-speed vehicle run-over events were young children aged 0 to 4 years, where incidence was 2.13 times greater among Indigenous Australian children (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.67-2.71). There were no significant changes in incidence of low-speed vehicle run-overs among Indigenous Australian children for 0 to 4, 5 to 9, and 10 to 14 years or overall (0-14 years), during the 11-year study period. Over three quarters (n = 107) of low-speed vehicle run-over events involving Indigenous Australian children occurred outside of major cities (43.7% in other Australian children). These data indicate that Indigenous Australian children are at increased risk of low-speed vehicle run-over events and that characteristics of these events may vary as a function of Indigenous status. These results highlight that culturally specific interventions to reduce low-speed vehicle run-over events are required.
本研究的主要目的是按澳大利亚原住民身份描述1999年至2009年澳大利亚昆士兰州0至14岁儿童低速车辆碾压事件的发病率(IRs)。使用国际疾病分类(ICD)编码、文本描述、关键词搜索以及医疗记录,从所有相关数据源获取了昆士兰州11个日历年(1999 - 2009年)0至14岁儿童低速车辆碾压事件的数据,并进行了人工关联。计算了原住民和非原住民儿童的粗死亡率和非致命发病率;通过趋势卡方检验分析了随时间的趋势。还计算了相对风险(RRs)。获取了人口统计学、卫生服务使用/结果、事件特征和损伤特征的数据。进行了描述性和多变量分析,以调查这些特征是否因原住民身份而异。在为期11年的研究中,每年0至14岁的澳大利亚原住民儿童的发病率(21.76/100,000/年)高于其他澳大利亚儿童(14.09)。0至4岁的幼儿是低速车辆碾压事件风险最高的年龄组,澳大利亚原住民儿童的发病率是其他儿童的2.13倍(95%置信区间[CI] = 1.67 - 2.71)。在为期11年的研究期间,0至4岁、5至9岁和10至14岁的澳大利亚原住民儿童或总体(0至14岁)的低速车辆碾压事件发病率没有显著变化。涉及澳大利亚原住民儿童的低速车辆碾压事件中,超过四分之三(n = 107)发生在主要城市以外(其他澳大利亚儿童为43.7%)。这些数据表明,澳大利亚原住民儿童发生低速车辆碾压事件的风险增加,并且这些事件的特征可能因原住民身份而异。这些结果突出表明,需要针对文化特点采取干预措施以减少低速车辆碾压事件。