Unintentional injuries of children and adolescents treated in emergency medical services: A cross-sectional study
Background/Aim: Unintentional injuries among children and adolescents have become a common issue in public healthcare. The study objective was to analyse the characteristics and identify predictors associated with unintentional injuries in children and adolescents treated in emergency medical servic...
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Medical Society of the Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka, University of Banja Luka. Faculty of Medicine
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| author | Jović Duška Skela-Savič Brigita Petrović-Tepić Snežana Knežević Darija Tepić Aleksandar Burgić-Radmanović Marija Dobrovoljski Daniela Egeljić-Mihailović Nataša |
| author_facet | Jović Duška Skela-Savič Brigita Petrović-Tepić Snežana Knežević Darija Tepić Aleksandar Burgić-Radmanović Marija Dobrovoljski Daniela Egeljić-Mihailović Nataša |
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| description | Background/Aim: Unintentional injuries among children and adolescents have become a common issue in public healthcare. The study objective was to analyse the characteristics and identify predictors associated with unintentional injuries in children and adolescents treated in emergency medical services (EMS) in the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Methods: A cross-section study with retrospective analysis of WebMedic e-database from 14 EMS, in the period between January 2018 and December 2020 was conducted. Research included patients with unintentional injuries, aged ≤ 19 years, of both sexes. For comparison between groups, Chi-squared and multivariate logistic regression were used in risk factor analysis. Results: A total of 1,856 cases were identified, most injuries resulted from falls (46.7 %) and traffic injuries (26.9 %). Boys were significantly more affected by injuries than girls (p < 0.001). Falls were the major cause for reporting to EMS among age groups of children (0-9 years) and adolescents (10-14 years), whereas injuries in traffic were dominant in adolescents aged 15 to 19. The most common injuries were head injuries (35.7 %). Risk factors of unintentional injuries were age (p < 0.001), sex (p = 0.046), weekday (p = 0.016), winter (p = 0.014), body region (head, abdomen, lower and upper limbs (p < 0.001), thorax (p = 0.009)). Conclusions: There were significant differences in characteristics of unintentional injuries according to age and sex. Chances for occurrence of unintentional injuries among children increased with their age, especially for boys. These differences might indicate areas where preventive measures should be undertaken. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bf00e521c17242b18725199abb382d202023-01-31T08:26:53ZengMedical Society of the Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka, University of Banja Luka. Faculty of MedicineScripta Medica2490-33292303-79542022-01-0153428128910.5937/scriptamed53-407552490-33292204281JUnintentional injuries of children and adolescents treated in emergency medical services: A cross-sectional studyJović Duška0Skela-Savič Brigita1Petrović-Tepić Snežana2Knežević Darija3Tepić Aleksandar4Burgić-Radmanović Marija5Dobrovoljski Daniela6Egeljić-Mihailović Nataša7University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Medicine, Banja Luka, the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and HerzegovinaAngela Boškin Institute for Research in Healthcare Sciences, Angela Boškin Faculty of Health Care, Jesenice, SloveniaUniversity of Banja Luka, Faculty of Medicine, Banja Luka, the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and HerzegovinaUniversity of Banja Luka, Faculty of Medicine, Banja Luka, the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and HerzegovinaUniversity Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka, the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and HerzegovinaUniversity of Banja Luka, Faculty of Medicine, Banja Luka, the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and HerzegovinaUniversity of Banja Luka, Faculty of Medicine, Banja Luka, the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and HerzegovinaUniversity of Banja Luka, Faculty of Medicine, Banja Luka, the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and HerzegovinaBackground/Aim: Unintentional injuries among children and adolescents have become a common issue in public healthcare. The study objective was to analyse the characteristics and identify predictors associated with unintentional injuries in children and adolescents treated in emergency medical services (EMS) in the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Methods: A cross-section study with retrospective analysis of WebMedic e-database from 14 EMS, in the period between January 2018 and December 2020 was conducted. Research included patients with unintentional injuries, aged ≤ 19 years, of both sexes. For comparison between groups, Chi-squared and multivariate logistic regression were used in risk factor analysis. Results: A total of 1,856 cases were identified, most injuries resulted from falls (46.7 %) and traffic injuries (26.9 %). Boys were significantly more affected by injuries than girls (p < 0.001). Falls were the major cause for reporting to EMS among age groups of children (0-9 years) and adolescents (10-14 years), whereas injuries in traffic were dominant in adolescents aged 15 to 19. The most common injuries were head injuries (35.7 %). Risk factors of unintentional injuries were age (p < 0.001), sex (p = 0.046), weekday (p = 0.016), winter (p = 0.014), body region (head, abdomen, lower and upper limbs (p < 0.001), thorax (p = 0.009)). Conclusions: There were significant differences in characteristics of unintentional injuries according to age and sex. Chances for occurrence of unintentional injuries among children increased with their age, especially for boys. These differences might indicate areas where preventive measures should be undertaken.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2490-3329/2022/2490-33292204281J.pdfunintentional injurychildadolescentemergency medical services |
| spellingShingle | Jović Duška Skela-Savič Brigita Petrović-Tepić Snežana Knežević Darija Tepić Aleksandar Burgić-Radmanović Marija Dobrovoljski Daniela Egeljić-Mihailović Nataša Unintentional injuries of children and adolescents treated in emergency medical services: A cross-sectional study Scripta Medica unintentional injury child adolescent emergency medical services |
| title | Unintentional injuries of children and adolescents treated in emergency medical services: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Unintentional injuries of children and adolescents treated in emergency medical services: A cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Unintentional injuries of children and adolescents treated in emergency medical services: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unintentional injuries of children and adolescents treated in emergency medical services: A cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Unintentional injuries of children and adolescents treated in emergency medical services: A cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | unintentional injuries of children and adolescents treated in emergency medical services a cross sectional study |
| topic | unintentional injury child adolescent emergency medical services |
| url | https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2490-3329/2022/2490-33292204281J.pdf |
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