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Pediatría Atención Primaria
Print version ISSN 1139-7632
Abstract
SASTRE PAZ, Marta; CLARA ZONI, Ana; ESPARZA OLCINA, M.ª Jesús and CURA, M.ª Isabel del. Prevalence and factors associated with unintentional injuries in Spain. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria [online]. 2016, vol.18, n.71, pp.253-258. ISSN 1139-7632.
Main objective:
to describe the prevalence and analyze the sociodemographic factors associated with having suffered unintentional injury in the population under 15 years in Spain in 2011. Secondary objectives: To describe the place where the accident occurs, the assistance and the damage occurred.
Methods:
cross-sectional study of the National Health Survey (2011/ 2012). A descriptive and multivariate analysis was carried out, stratified by sex, using logistic regression.
Results:
the prevalence of lesions was 7.68 % (CI 95% 6.97-8.39); being more common in boys and between 5 and 15 years old. Most of the injuries occurred at home (25.3%). 75.6% of the injured went to an emergency department. The most common damage was superficial bruises or injuries (63.5 %).
Conclusions:
the prevalence of unintentional injuries among children resident in Spain in 2011 was 7.68 %. The factors associated with being injured in the pediatric population are being a boy and being older than one-year-old.
Keywords : Injuries; Accidents; Child.