TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Epidemiology of child playground equipment-related injuries in the USA: emergency department visits, 1995-2019
JO  - Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
A1  - Nabavizadeh, Behnam
A1  - Hakam, Nizar
A1  - Holler, Jordan T.
A1  - Namiri, Nikan K.
A1  - Sadighian, Michael J.
A1  - Rios, Natalie
A1  - Enriquez, Anthony
A1  - Amend, Gregory M.
A1  - Breyer, Benjamin N.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - AIM: To analyse the most recent trends and characteristics of playground equipment-related injuries in children. <br><br>METHODS: We used the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System database to acquire cases of playground equipment-related injuries in children ≤17 years old between 1995 and 2019. A total of 184 580 unweighted cases met our study inclusion criteria. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 5 356 703 (95% confidence interval 4 235 530-6 477 876) emergency department visits for playground-related injuries in the USA were estimated during the study period which was equal to an average of 29.4 annual injuries per 10 000 US population ≤17 years. The mean age was 6.5 (standard error 0.049) years. School-aged (42.7%) and pre-school children (35.3%) accounted for most playground injuries. More than half of the injuries were reported in males (53.6%). Most injuries occurred with climbing apparatuses (36%), followed by swings (25.9%) and slides (20.9%). Overall number of injuries (∆ - 22.3%, P = 0.01) and incidence (∆ - 21.6%, P = 0.01) had a declining trend after 2012. However, reported concussion injuries showed an increasing trend during the study (∆ + 28.3%, P < 0.001). A marked seasonal variation in number of injuries existed with most injuries in May and September. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Although injuries arising from playground equipment have decreased during the past 8 years, there was an increase in number of reported concussions. The outcomes of this study suggested that further efforts should be directed towards such serious injuries.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1034-4810
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15644
ID  - ref1
ER  -