Injury incidence among middle school students aged 13–15 years in 47 low-income and middle-income countries

Street, Erica J.; Jacobsen, Kathryn H.

doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2015-041786

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“…Moreover, males were significantly more likely than females to sustain at least one sports injury in all but one of the surveyed countries. This is consistent with another study that found that boys had a higher all-cause injury rate in 40 of 47 LMICs [6]. Third, injury rates vary widely between countries.…”

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“…However, the extent to which sports injuries contribute to the global burden of injury is poorly documented. Large schoolbased cohort studies, injury databases, and surveillance systems have provided some information on the incidence of sports injuries in high-income countries (HICs) [7][8][9][10][11][12], but comparable studies from low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are lacking [6,13].…”

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An Estimation of the Burden of Sports Injuries among African Adolescents

LeBrun

Rosario

Kelly

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The extent to which sports injuries contribute to the burden of injury among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is unknown. The goal of this study was to estimate the incidence of sports injuries among adolescents in Africa. Data from the World Health Organization Global School-Based Student Health surveys were used to estimate the annual number of African adolescents sustaining sports injuries. Gender-stratified injury rates were calculated and applied to every African country’s adolescent population to estimate country-specific and continent-wide injury totals. A total of 21,858 males and 24,691 females from 14 countries were included in the analysis. Country-specific annual sports injury rates ranged from 13.5% to 38.1% in males and 5.2% to 20.2% in females. Weighted average sports injury rates for males and females were 23.7% (95% CI 23.1%–24.2%) and 12.5% (95% CI 12.1%–12.9%), respectively. When these rates were extrapolated to the adolescent populations of the African continent, an estimated 15,477,798 (95% CI 15,085,955–15,804,333) males and 7,943,625 (95% CI 7,689,429–8,197,821) females sustained sports injuries. Our findings suggest that over 23 million African adolescents sustained sports injuries annually. Further work will help to more precisely define the burden of sports injuries in LMICs and the role that surgery can play in mitigating this burden.

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An Estimation of the Burden of Sports Injuries among African Adolescents

LeBrun

Rosario

Kelly

et al. 2018

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“…This result was also previously found [6,7,17,18]. Substance use (ever using drugs in Cambodia and current alcohol use in Vietnam) was, as also identified in previous studies [6,17], associated with injury in this adolescent population.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…The annual nonfatal injury prevalence found was higher in Vietnam (34.3% among boys and 25.1% among girls) than in Cambodia (22.6% among boys and 17.5% among girls), which seems lower than the median from global studies of 25 developing countries (44% among boys and 30% among girls) [8] and 47 developing countries (median 40%) [18], but similar to findings from Myanmar (27%) [6]. However, the current annual prevalence of nonfatal injury in Cambodia and Vietnam seems to be higher than in previous large, population-based surveys among adolescents in Cambodia (5.3% among males and 2.7% among females) [9] and Vietnam (5%) [10].…”

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Nonfatal Injuries and Psychosocial Correlates among Middle School Students in Cambodia and Vietnam

Peltzer

Pengpid

2017

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The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence and psychosocial correlates of nonfatal injury among middle school students in Cambodia and Vietnam. Cross-sectional data from 7137 school children (mean age 15.5 years, SD = 1.4) who were randomly sampled for participation in nationally representative Global School-based Health Surveys (GSHS) in Cambodia and Vietnam were analyzed. The proportion of school children reporting one or more serious injuries in the past year was 22.6% among boys and 17.5% among girls in Cambodia and 34.3% among boys and 25.1% among girls in Vietnam. The most prevalent cause of the most serious injury in Cambodia was traffic injuries (4.7% among boys and 4.3% among girls) and in Vietnam it was falls (10.0% among boys and 7.0% among girls). In multinomial logistic regression analyses, experiencing hunger (as an indicator for low socioeconomic status) and drug use were associated with having sustained one injury and two or more injuries in the past 12 months in Cambodia. In addition, poor mental health was associated with two or more injuries. In Vietnam, being male, experiencing hunger, current alcohol use, poor mental health and ever having had sex were associated with having sustained one injury and two or more injuries in the past 12 months. Several psychosocial variables were identified which could help in designing injury prevention strategies among middle school children in Cambodia and Vietnam.

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“…In 2016, foreach unintentional injury loss to those ages 0-19 there were nearly 33 hospitalizations and 1053 emergency unit visits (CDC, 2018). The mean value of unintentional injury in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) was 40% (Street & Jacobsen.,2016). Reports in Palestine (47.6%) (Jildeh et al, 2013), Nigeria (73.6%) (Azubuike and Onyemaka, 2012), and Malaysia (34.9%) (Peltzer and Pengpid, 2015) are some of the examples from LMICs.…”

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Epidemiology of Injury Among School-Going Adolescents in Ghana: Evidence From the Global School-Based Students Health Survey

Essien¹,

Chireh²,

Melese³

2020

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Background: Unintentional injuries are a serious global public health problem and the second leading cause of death among adolescents age between 10-19 years. It is also the least researched in most low-income countries and Ghana in particular. This study aims to provide estimates of the prevalence, causes, and associated risk factors of unintentional injuries among school-going adolescents in Ghana.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study using data from the Ghana Global School-based Student Health Survey conducted in 2012 (N=3632). A two-stage cluster probability sampling technique was employed to select a representative sample of Junior and Senior High School students in ten administrative regions of the country. Cross tabulations and chi-square tests were used to provide estimates of prevalence, frequency, and causes of injuries. In the multivariable stage, a multiple logistic regression based on SAS 9.4 survey logistic modeling procedure was conducted to examine the association between unintentional injuries with explanatory variables. The final adjusted model was assessed using a significant level of (p<0.05).Results: In this study, 40.96% (1488) of school-aged adolescents reported having experienced an unintentional injury. Of these injuries, 64.5% occurred at home, while the least occurred via traffic (15.0%). The frequency of injury did not differ between boys and girls (P=0.368), but significantly higher in adolescents aged ≤17 than in those ≥ 18 years (P<0.001). Also, injuries were significantly higher in junior high school than in senior high school adolescents. Age, physical activity, sleeping problems, and loneliness were found to be the significant risk factors associated with unintentional injury among adolescents.Conclusion: Prevalence of unintentional injuries were widespread among adolescents in Ghana. Prompt prevention of these injuries among adolescents should be a public health priority. Preventive strategies in schools and homes should be enhanced. Injury preventive measures should emphasize on adolescents. Treatment options should be made available to adolescents struggling with a sleeping problem, loneliness, and those with accidents in physical activity.

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Injury incidence among middle school students aged 13–15 years in 47 low-income and middle-income countries

Cited by 20 publications

References 14 publications

An Estimation of the Burden of Sports Injuries among African Adolescents

An Estimation of the Burden of Sports Injuries among African Adolescents

Nonfatal Injuries and Psychosocial Correlates among Middle School Students in Cambodia and Vietnam

Epidemiology of Injury Among School-Going Adolescents in Ghana: Evidence From the Global School-Based Students Health Survey

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