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Citation

Cheng TL, Wright JL, Fields CB, Brenner RA, Schwarz D, O'donnell R, Scheidt PC. Inj. Prev. 1999; 5(1): 59-61.

Affiliation

Department of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Children's Research Institute, and George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20010, USA. tcheng@cnmc.org

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10323572

PMCID

PMC1730445

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To improve understanding of processes leading to injury and assess more specifically the degree of intentionality. METHODS: A new paradigm was developed that characterizes the act of inflicting injury (self, other, not inflicted) and the motive. Motives are determined for the act of injury and for the outcome. To test this, 986 cases of adolescent injuries in seven hospitals were reviewed. Three investigators independently classified all cases using the new paradigm and three used standard definitions of intent. Inter-rater reliability was measured. RESULTS: Of injuries inflicted by others, 61% were intentional using the standard classification. In the new paradigm 67% were intended acts and 59% involved intentional motive for outcome. Altogether 87% of sports injuries were coded as unintentional acts compared with 96% using standard methods. Using standard classification there was 93% agreement between paired raters, with an average kappa of 0.86. In the new paradigm questions on intentionality of act, outcome, and infliction of act, the agreement was 89%, 91%, 88%, with a kappa of 0.79, 0.80, 0.76, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: This paradigm defines a spectrum of injury intent, enhances understanding of the causal sequence of injury, and has important implications for research and prevention.

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