Unintentional Injury and its Determinants among Adolescents

Abstract

Background: Globally, unintentional injury has been a documented public health problem among adolescents having debilitating consequences and accountable for economic burden. The study was undertaken to estimate the prevalence of unintentional injury, identify the determinants and consequences among adolescents.Design and Methods: This cross-sectional study recruited 222 adolescents using systematic random sampling from a site covered under UHTC Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarkhand. Binary and multivariate logistic regression was used to compute crude and adjusted odds ratio [95% CI] for establishing an association between risk factors and unintentional injury. Descriptive measures (causes, consequences, etc.) describing injuries were presented in tabular, graphical form in proportions.Results: 73.1% of the adolescents suffered from unintentional injury. The risk factors associated (statistically insignificant) with Unintentional Injury was males (AOR =1.019, 95% CI =.524-1.979) , living in nuclear family (AOR = 1.540, 95% CI =.766-3.093) , smoked tobacco (AOR = 2.797, 95% CI :.227-34.4377) , visually impaired (AOR =1.629 95% CI :.548 - 6.458) and living in house with overcrowding(AOR =1.66,95% CI:.818-3.395) . 5 % of those affected with unintentional injury had disability.Conclusions: Health education addressing causes, risk factors, consequences of unintentional injury among adolescents, parents, school, and district health authorities should be mandated for the formulation of policy to prevent unintentional injuries.

Self-reported unintentional injuries among youth (15-24 years) from Peshawar Pakistan: A cross-sectional survey on youth working in vocation institutes

“…Another important risk factor identi ed by Reddy et al [22] was smoking though insigni cant statistically, on the contrary in our study smokers had a 12.8 higher incidence of total unintentional injuries compared to non-smoker (P <0.001) when adjusted for age and sex. Other risk factors identi ed by Reddy et al [22] were overcrowding [27]. This is similar to our study, which showed that youth with > 8 family members had higher incidence of total expected injuries when adjusted for age and sex (P=0.002).…”

“…India being a neighboring South Asian country has demographic similarities with Pakistan. An epidemiologic survey done on the adolescent population from India, by Reddy et al in 2021 [27], showed that 73% of the adolescents sampled had unintentional injuries [27], this is similar to our study where 503 injuries were reported which is approximately I injury per participant (N=547). Reddy et al reported male sex as a statistically insigni cant risk factor with OR of 1.0, this is contrary to our study where males had 1.6 times higher incidence for total unintentional injuries, with a statistical signi cance.…”

“…Near drownings reported from India by Reddy et all [27] were 0.6% , falls 36% and burns 19.4%, our ndings are different, our percentages for higher burns than falls. Mortality due to unintentional poisoning in LMICs is four times (2/100,000) as compared to higher high-income countries (HICs) (0.5/100,000).…”

In‐school adolescents' sociodemographic correlates of serious unintentional injuries in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: A cross‐sectional study

“…Drawn from the SEM, the findings suggest that some personal and psychosocial factors emerged as significant predictors with increased odds of serious unintentional injuries among in-school adolescents in SVG. Specifically, corroborating earlier investigations, 6,12,13,24 the current analysis found higher odds (1.245) of severe injuries among males than females, after adjusting for other factors. Varying empirical perspectives exist concerning the role of gender in the occurrence of injuries.…”

Unintentional Injuries Among Young Adolescents at a Level-One Trauma Center in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…In 2018, a similar rate was reported in a study conducted in India assessing the risk behaviors of unintentional injuries among school-aged adolescent boys, and among the participants, only 11.9% reported sustaining a serious unintentional injury in the past 12 months [22]. In comparison, higher prevalence rates were reported in multiple other studies [23,24]. Differences in population settings and external environmental factors could explain the observed differences in the prevalence rates.…”