Santos Serrano L, Paricio Talayero J M, Salom Pérez A, Grieco Burucúa M, Martín Ruano J, Benlloch Muncharaz M J, Llobat Estellés T, Beseler Soto B
Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Marina Alta, Denia, Alicante.
An Esp Pediatr. 1996 Apr;44(4):337-40.
Baby walkers are a potential cause of accidents in infants from 6 months to 1 year of age. We conducted a study to determine the patterns of walker use, the different points of view of the parents and the baby walker-related injuries in our health district. For this purpose, between November 1, 1992 and January 31, 1993, a questionnaire was given to 207 parents of infants between the ages of 3 and 24 months in order to evaluate the socioeconomic situation and to determine the patterns of walker use. We found that 42% of the infants between 4.3 and 13.4 months of age had a baby walker and 46.7% of them used it daily. There was a significant inverse relationship between the walker usage and the maternal level of education. Of the infants who used walkers, 24.9% had experienced an accident (falls 76.2%, injuries 14.3% and hospital admission 4.8%). The accidents were significantly more common in boys. The advantages reported by parents (for using walkers) were: 46.3% none, 34.2% comfort, 10.9% infant amusement, 12.9% help to walk earlier. Dangers reported by the parents included: 27.2% none, 33.5% leg deformities, 43% accidents (33.5% injuries and 12% falling down stairs). In conclusion, our results show a slightly lower number of walker users and walker related accidents when compared to other reports. Parents have mistaken notions about the use of baby walkers. Hence, the need for continued health education campaigns related to this subject remain.
婴儿学步车是6个月至1岁婴儿发生事故的一个潜在原因。我们开展了一项研究，以确定学步车的使用模式、家长的不同观点以及我们健康区与婴儿学步车相关的伤害情况。为此，在1992年11月1日至1993年1月31日期间，我们向207名年龄在3至24个月的婴儿家长发放了一份问卷，以评估社会经济状况并确定学步车的使用模式。我们发现，年龄在4.3至13.4个月之间的婴儿中有42%拥有婴儿学步车，其中46.7%的婴儿每天使用。学步车的使用与母亲的教育水平之间存在显著的负相关关系。在使用学步车的婴儿中，24.9%曾发生过事故（摔倒占76.2%，受伤占14.3%，住院占4.8%）。事故在男孩中更为常见。家长报告的（使用学步车的）优点有：46.3%认为没有优点，34.2%认为舒适，10.9%认为能让婴儿娱乐，12.9%认为有助于更早学会走路。家长报告的危险包括：27.2%认为没有危险，33.5%认为会导致腿部畸形，43%认为会引发事故（33.5%受伤，12%从楼梯上摔下）。总之，与其他报告相比，我们的结果显示学步车使用者和与学步车相关的事故数量略低。家长对婴儿学步车的使用存在错误观念。因此，仍需要持续开展关于这个主题的健康教育活动。
