Citation

Andrade C, Cordovil R, Barreiros J. Int. J. Inj. Control Safe. Promot. 2013; 20(3): 239-244.

Affiliation

Department of Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Human Kinetics, , Technical University of Lisbon , Lisbon , Portugal.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/17457300.2012.686045

PMID

22587232

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between minor and medically attended injuries and to analyse the influence of child-related factors and family-related factors in injuries of preschool children. Individual interviews were conducted with 335 parents of 1- to 5-year-old children. Parents informed about the child and the family variables and reported the child's history of injuries in the last year. The frequencies of minor injuries and medically attended injuries were not correlated. The risk factors for both kinds of injuries include the number of siblings and the size of the family. Minor injuries were more frequent in older than in younger children. Medically attended injuries were more frequent in boys than in girls. The risk factors that influence minor and medically attended injuries are different, suggesting that the strategies to prevent and reduce injuries need to take that difference into consideration.

Language: en