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  • Unintentional injuries of children and adolescents treated in emergency medical service [Elektronski vir] : a Cross-Sectional Study
    Jović, Duška ...
    Background/Aim: Unintentional injuries among children and adolescents have become a common issue in public healthcare. The study objective was to anal-yse the characteristics and identify predictors ... associated with unintentional injuries in children and adolescents treated in emergency medical services (EMS) in the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Methods: A cross-section study with retrospective analysis of WebMedic e-da-tabase from 14 EMS, in the period between January 2018 and December 2020 was conducted. Research included patients with unintentional injuries, aged ≤ 19 years, of both sexes. For comparison between groups, Chi-squared and mul-tivariate logistic regression were used in risk factor analysis. Results: A total of 1,856 cases were identified, most injuries resulted from falls (46.7 %) and traffic injuries (26.9 %). Boys were significantly more affected by injuries than girls (p < 0.001). Falls were the major cause for reporting to EMS among age groups of children (0-9 years) and adolescents (10-14 years), where-as injuries in traffic were dominant in adolescents aged 15 to 19. The most com-mon injuries were head injuries (35.7 %). Risk factors of unintentional injuries were age (p < 0.001), sex (p = 0.046), weekday (p = 0.016), winter (p = 0.014), body region (head, abdomen, lower and upper limbs (p < 0.001), thorax (p = 0.009)). Conclusions: There were significant differences in characteristics of uninten-tional injuries according to age and sex. Chances for occurrence of unintention-al injuries among children increased with their age, especially for boys. These differences might indicate areas where preventive measures should be under-taken.
    Vir: Scripta Medica. - ISSN 2303-7954 (Vol. 53, iss. 4, Dec. 2022, 281-289)
    Vrsta gradiva - e-članek ; neleposlovje za odrasle
    Leto - 2022
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 138996227

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    https://aseestant.ceon.rs/index.php/scriptamed/article/view/40755/21952
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