Directorate of Academic Planning and Quality Assurance, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2021 Dec 17;2021:3733762. doi: 10.1155/2021/3733762. eCollection 2021.
Injuries are a major global health problem that affects teenagers in many countries. Though several studies have been done in many countries, little is known among adolescents in Mauritius. Therefore, our paper explored the prevalence and correlates of serious injuries among adolescents in Mauritius.
We analysed the 2017 Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS) data from Mauritius, using the Chi-square test and binomial logistic regression analysis with adjusted odds ratio (AOR) at 95% confidence interval (CI).
The prevalence of serious injuries among adolescents in Mauritius stood at 39.0%. Also, the predictors of serious injuries included sex (AOR = 0.70, CI = 0.58-0.81), physical attack (AOR = 0.47, CI = 0.39-0.57), being bullied (AOR = 0.48, CI = 0.48-0.70), suicide ideation (AOR = 0.65, CI = 0.49-0.85), hunger (AOR = 0.65, CI = 0.48-0.86), truancy from school (AOR = 0.77, CI = 0.63-0.93), marijuana use (AOR = 0.54, CI = 0.39-0.76), alcohol consumption (AOR = 0.64, CI = 0.70-0.98), and parental neglect (AOR = 0.83, CI = 0.70-0.98).
The rate of injury among adolescents in Mauritius is moderately high, with sex, suicidal thought, hunger, truancy, drug use, and parental neglect as correlates. There is an urgent need for health promotion interventions at family, community, and school levels to deal with this level of serious injuries and the factors influencing such occurrences among these adolescents in Mauritius.
伤害是一个全球性的主要健康问题，在许多国家都影响着青少年。尽管许多国家已经开展了多项研究，但毛里求斯的青少年对此知之甚少。因此，我们的论文探讨了毛里求斯青少年严重伤害的流行率和相关因素。
我们分析了毛里求斯 2017 年全球学校学生健康调查（GSHS）的数据，使用卡方检验和二项逻辑回归分析，使用调整后的优势比（AOR）和 95%置信区间（CI）。
毛里求斯青少年严重伤害的患病率为 39.0%。此外，严重伤害的预测因素包括性别（AOR=0.70，CI=0.58-0.81）、身体攻击（AOR=0.47，CI=0.39-0.57）、被欺负（AOR=0.48，CI=0.48-0.70）、自杀意念（AOR=0.65，CI=0.49-0.85）、饥饿（AOR=0.65，CI=0.48-0.86）、逃学（AOR=0.77，CI=0.63-0.93）、大麻使用（AOR=0.54，CI=0.39-0.76）、酒精消费（AOR=0.64，CI=0.70-0.98）和父母忽视（AOR=0.83，CI=0.70-0.98）。
毛里求斯青少年的伤害率较高，性别、自杀念头、饥饿、逃学、药物使用和父母忽视是相关因素。迫切需要在家庭、社区和学校层面开展健康促进干预措施，以应对毛里求斯青少年的这种严重伤害水平以及影响这些青少年伤害发生的因素。
