Incidence of accidents and injuries in children under 6 years old in southern Iran: a population-based study

Journal of Injury and Violence Research Pub Date : 2020-05-27 DOI:10.5249/jivr.vo112i2.1280

A. Mirahmadizadeh, A. Hemmati, S. Zahmatkesh, M. Saffari, P. Bagheri

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Abstract: Background: Accidents and injuries are the leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to investigate the incidences of different causes of accidents in children under 6 years old. Methods: This population-based cross-sectional study was carried out in one year (2016-2017) on a sample of 6000 children in Southern Iran with a multistage sampling method using a standard checklist for comprehensive child health monitoring. Results: The annual incidence rate of accidents was 16% and the mean age of accident victims was 2.5±1.5 years. Of these, 17.3% and 14.8% were male and female, respectively. 25% of the children suffered from more than one accident. The most common causes of accidents were burns (16%), falls (14%), and accidents involving objects (10%). In multivariate analysis, a higher number of male children in the family and lower child age significantly increased the likelihood of accidents (p less than 0.05). Conclusions: This study was a direct survey of the population, and showed that the incidence rate of accidents in children in southern Iran was in line with that of other regions of Iran, but less than the world average. There was no significant difference in accident etiology and only trends in etiology were found compared to studies using existing data.

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伊朗南部6岁以下儿童的事故和伤害发生率：一项基于人群的研究

摘要：背景：事故和伤害是儿童发病率和死亡率的主要原因。本研究旨在调查6岁以下儿童不同原因事故的发生率。方法：这项基于人群的横断面研究在一年内（2016-2017年）对伊朗南部6000名儿童样本进行，采用多阶段抽样方法，使用全面儿童健康监测的标准检查表。结果：事故年发生率为16%，事故受害者平均年龄为2.5±1.5岁。其中，男性和女性分别占17.3%和14.8%。25%的儿童遭受过一次以上的事故。事故最常见的原因是烧伤（16%）、跌倒（14%）和涉及物体的事故（10%）。在多变量分析中，家庭中男性子女数量越多，儿童年龄越低，事故发生的可能性显著增加（p＜0.05）。结论：本研究是对人口的直接调查，表明伊朗南部儿童事故发生率与伊朗其他地区持平，但低于世界平均水平。与使用现有数据的研究相比，事故病因没有显著差异，只发现了病因的趋势。

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Journal of Injury and Violence Research

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Injury and Violence Research (JIVR) is a peer-reviewed open-access medical journal covering all aspects of traumatology includes quantitative and qualitative studies in the field of clinical and basic sciences about trauma, burns, drowning, falls, occupational/road/ sport safety, youth violence, child/elder abuse, child/elder injuries, intimate partner abuse/sexual violence, self-harm, suicide, patient safety, safe communities, consumer safety, disaster management, terrorism, surveillance/burden of injury and all other intentional and unintentional injuries.