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Trends in medically attended injuries in czech adolescents

Ng, Kwok
Sigmundová, Dagmar
Sigmund, Erik
Pavelka, Jan
Hamřík, Zdeněk
Molcho, Michal
Kalman, Michal
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http://hdl.handle.net/10379/13114
https://doi.org/10.13025/28801
Publication Date
2017-07-01
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Ng, Kwok; Sigmundová, Dagmar; Sigmund, Erik; Pavelka, Jan; Hamřík, Zdeněk; Molcho, Michal; Kalman, Michal (2017). Trends in medically attended injuries in czech adolescents. Central European Journal of Public Health 25 , S60-S63
Abstract
Objective: Due to the importance of surveillance of injuries and accidents in the Czech Republic, the purpose. of this study was to report the temporal trends of injuries of Czech adolescents between 2002 and 2014. Methods: Adolescents (N = 20,038) from the Czech Republic, that took part in the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 HBSC study, reported the frequency of medically attended injuries in the past 12 months. Repeated binary logistic regressions with different years as reference categories were performed. Results: Less than half (44.7%) of all Czech adolescents reported they had experienced at least one medically attended injuries in the past 12 months, with boys experiencing more injuries than girls (p < 0.001), and the injuries were more common in older adolescents. Fewer boys reported injury in 2014 when compared to 2002 (OR, CI: 0.81, 0.72-0.90), there was also a significant decrease in injuries among girls between 2014 and 2006 (OR, CI: 0.77, 0.69-0.86). Conclusions: The trend was not linear amongst boys. Along with improved safety promotion education, the rate of injuries decreased among adolescents between the years 2002 and 2014.
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National Institute of Public Health
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