Patterns of accidents among children visiting Jimma University Hospital; South West of Ethiopia
Ethiop. med. j. (Online)
; 44(4): 339-345, 2006. ilus
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Accidents are now becoming the leading causes of morbidity and mortality after the first year of life; hence the need to analyze the pattern in prospective manner will help plan preventive measures as well as indicate the magnitude of the problem.OBJECTIVE:
To assess the pattern of childhood accidents among children under 15 years of age.METHODS:
A cross-sectional analysis was undertaken in and out patient service settings of Jimma University specialized hospital, from July 2003 to June 2004. The information was collected using structured and pre-tested questionnaire, on factors related to socio-demographic and economic variables as well as on the nature and type of accident and analysed by SPSS Version 12.0.RESULTS:
Of the total 452 cases of accidents 79 (17.5%), 271 (60.0%) and 102(22.6%) of the subjects were within age group of 0-4, 5-9, and 10-14 years, respectively. The predominant observed accidents among all age groups were laceration wounds, 304 (67.3%) and soft tissues contusions, 111 (24.6%). Traumatic injury other than car accident accounted for 82.38%, burn 15.0%, poisoning 1.3% and car accident 1.3%. Burn was common among children 5 - 9 years. There was statitically significant association between age and type of accident and nature of injury (p <0.05). Two hundred eight one of the accident occurred at home (62.2%), followed by school (14.8%), high way (16.8%) and in sport fields (6.2%). One hundred twenty four (27.4%), 76(16.8%) and 252(55.8%) ended with complete recovery, recovery with major and minor sequelae respectively.CONCLUSION:
The study, has tried to indicate that accidents are becoming a public health problem in the area which needs designing a local as well as a national strategy on child accident prevention, control and management
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AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Socioeconomic Factors
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Wounds and Injuries
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Accidents
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Ethiopia
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Accident Prevention
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Hospitals, University
Type of study:
Qualitative research
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
Ethiop. med. j. (Online)
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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