The Epidemiology of Students Injuries in a Private Primary School in Turkey from 2012 to 2018

Authors : Ayşe ŞENGEL, Kamer GÜR, Eda KILINÇ

Pages : 362-368

Doi:10.33808/clinexphealthsci.649682

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Publication Date : 2020-12-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: The aim of this study is to identify the occurrence frequency of school injuries, and to report where, when, and why they occur most. Methods: This retrospective descriptive study includes students aged between 6 and 11 years and is composed of 7042 school injury records.  The school was chosen by the purposive sampling method since there was a school nurse working at school. The school injury records were  formed by all injury records kept by the school nurse. The data were evaluated using descriptive statistics. Results: The study results showed that most of the school injuries occurred during the fall period insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(60.1%); and at break times insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(38.6%);. As for  the causes of the injuries, 13.3% of them were environmental, while 86.7% were behavioral. The floor on where most of the injuries occurred  was rubber floor insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(53.6%); and the area where most of the injuries occurred was playground-garden insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(64%);. The factor most frequently causing  the injuries was hit collision, and the activity causing most of the injuries was running. The most frequently affected part of the body was headneck-forehead-chin. The most common type of injury was tenderness and redness. Conclusion: With this study, it is seen that the rate of injury among students is high. Most of the school injuries occurred during the break  times and mealtimes. Most of the causes of injuries were behavioral. These epidemiological data would be a guide for studies on prevention  of injuries.
Keywords : Wounds and injuries, epidemiology, schools, nursing