TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Incidence and outcomes of school-based injuries during four academic years in Kocaeli, Turkey
JO  - Pediatrics international
A1  - Ozkan, Ozlem
SP  - 732
EP  - 739
VL  - 58
IS  - 8
N2  - BACKGROUND: School-based injuries are an important public health problem. The study aimed to determine the incidence as well as outcomes of school-based injuries at a public primary school. <br><br>METHODS: The sample of retrospective cohort study consisted of 2956 students enrolled to a public primary school at central district of Kocaeli province in Turkey from 2010-2011 academic years to 2013-2014 academic years. The data was collected by intern public health nurses at School Health Units using school-based injury form. <br><br>RESULTS: The total incidence of school-based injuries over four academic years was 10.52% person-year. The majority of the injured students were in 10-15 years (73.3%), and boys (65%). Around one-tenth of the injuries were of serious type such as burn, fracture-dislocation and soft-tissue injuries. Outdoor injuries were more prevalent for girls while boys had more indoor injuries (50.5%, 53.0%, p > 0.05). It was twice or more times injuries increased as the academic year increased with a weak positive association between the variables (p < 0.05, Cramer's V = 0.311). One out of six injuries were intentional with highest prevalence in 6-9 years (20.5%) and boys (19.8%) (p > 0.05). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed that school-based injuries at primary schools still challenge the health as well as the security of the students. This ar t icle is protected by copyr ight. Al l r ights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1328-8067
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ped.12909
ID  - ref1
ER  -