Home accidents among children : a retrospective study at a tertiary care center in Oman
المؤلفون المشاركون
al-Uwaysi, Huda
al-Rumhi, Alya
Al Buwaiqi, Mahmud
al-Rabani, Salim
المصدر
العدد
المجلد 35، العدد 1 (31 يناير/كانون الثاني 2020)8ص.
الناشر
المجلس العماني للاختصاصات الطبية
تاريخ النشر
2020-01-31
دولة النشر
سلطنة عمان
عدد الصفحات
8
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
We sought to identify the prevalence, commonest causes, and severity of home accident injuries and their effects on children who present to the emergency department (ED) of a university-tertiary hospital in Oman.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective study among children aged ≤ 18 years old who presented with home accidents to the ED between January and June 2017.
A checklist for data collection was designed to include demographic data, causes and effects of home accidents, and treatment outcomes.
The data was retrieved from the hospital electronic patient records.
Results: A total of 1333 children presented to the ED over six months as a result of unintentional home accidents, giving a prevalence of 7.7% from all children who visited the ED.
There was a significant male to female ratio of 1.7:1.
The most prevalent causes for home accidents were ‘falls’ in 716 (53.7%) children, followed by ‘struck by/against-animate/inanimate mechanical force’ in 201 (15.1%) children.
‘Poisoning’ was the third major cause in 117 (8.8%) children.
Severity scale showed that around 36.0% of children suffered from severe injuries and 5.4% were admitted to the hospital.
Conclusions: Despite this study being a single-center study in Oman, it indicates a high prevalence and severity of unintentional home accidents among children.
The study findings suggest the need for implementing strategies to raise public awareness of child safety at home and to improve the preparedness of healthcare providers in ED to deal with such accidents.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
al-Rumhi, Alya& al-Uwaysi, Huda& Al Buwaiqi, Mahmud& al-Rabani, Salim. 2020. Home accidents among children : a retrospective study at a tertiary care center in Oman. Oman Medical Journal،Vol. 35, no. 1.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-955168
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
al-Rumhi, Alya…[et al.]. Home accidents among children : a retrospective study at a tertiary care center in Oman. Oman Medical Journal Vol. 35, no. 1 (Jan. 2020).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-955168
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
al-Rumhi, Alya& al-Uwaysi, Huda& Al Buwaiqi, Mahmud& al-Rabani, Salim. Home accidents among children : a retrospective study at a tertiary care center in Oman. Oman Medical Journal. 2020. Vol. 35, no. 1.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-955168
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-955168
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر