TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Incidence and impact of unintentional childhood injuries: a community based study in rural South India
JO  - Indian journal of pediatrics
A1  - Inbaraj, Leeberk Raja
A1  - Rose, Anuradha
A1  - George, Kuryan
A1  - Bose, Anuratha
SP  - 206
EP  - 210
VL  - 84
IS  - 3
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To estimate the incidence of unintentional childhood injuries and to assess the impact of injury during childhood. <br><br>METHODS: This is a cross sectional study, conducted in 13 clusters of a rural block in Vellore. Children were screened by two-stage cluster sampling method by two weeks and three months recall method. The primary caregivers of injured children were administered a questionnaire to assess the impact of the injury. <br><br>RESULTS: Childhood injury related morbidity was 292.5 per 1000 y. Children between 10 and 14 y (4.6%) and boys (4.5%) had a higher rate of injury. Fall (43.1 %) was the most common cause of injury followed by RTIs (Road Traffic Incidents- 27.6%). Work absenteeism for primary caregivers ranged from 1 to 60 (IQR 2-7) days. Sickness absenteeism ranged from 1 to 45 d with a mean of 7.64 (IQR 2-7) days. Half of the children missed school after an injury. The days spent with temporary disability ranged from 1 to 60 d with a mean of 11.79 (IQR 2-7) d and 7.73% had permanent disability. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Unintentional childhood injury is a neglected public health problem which leads to sickness absenteeism and disability. Boys and older children are the most common victims of injury. There is a need for establishing state or nationwide injury registries to help understand accurate estimates of disability-adjusted life year (DALY) and loss of productivity.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0019-5456
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12098-016-2260-6
ID  - ref1
ER  -