• 1. Department of Preventive Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637100, P.R.China;
  • 2. Department of Clinical Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637100, P.R.China;
JING Yuanyuan, Email: Sherry.jyy@163.com
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ObjectivesTo investigate the occurrence and parents’ cognition of accidental injury among pre-school children in Nanchong city, and provide advice and countermeasures to reduce accidental child injuries.MethodsUsing the multi-stage cluster sampling method, a total of 945 students and parents from 3 classes in each of 4 kindergartens in three districts of Nanchong city were surveyed with questionnaire.ResultsA total of 945 questionnaires were issued and 858 valid questionnaires were returned and the effective response rate was 90.79%. The incidence of incidental injury of pre-school children in Nanchong city was 25.99%, with no difference between boys and girls, and no difference between age groups. The top three injuries were falling (35.64%), smashing/touching/squeezing (22.11%), cutting/stabbing (10.56%). The child smashing/touching/squeezing rate was higher in boys than in girls, the difference was statistically significant (χ2=5.549, P=0.018). The top three places of the occurred injury were outdoor (53.67%), home (43.58%), and playground and kindergarten (13.76%). Between parents who possess injury-related knowledge and those who didn’t, there was no difference in the incidence of accidental injuries among their children. Parents often learned from cell phone (23.88%), TV (21.76%) and computer (18.11%). Ways in which they most hoped to learn from were the school advertised education (22.67%), TV (18.80%) and cell phones (17.75%). Of all types of emergency management skills, the top three figures acquired by the largest population were post-burn emergency treatment (72.03%), emergency treatment for traumatic bleeding (52.56%) and emergency treatment of animal bites (37.53%).ConclusionsThe incidence of accident injuries is high in urban areas of Nanchong city. The safety management of home and kindergarten should be strengthened, including schools' safety education and skills training for children and parents.

Citation: TANG Chao, LI Linxi, ZHU Jinwen, WANG Xinyi, LI Wenjia, HU Junjie, JING Yuanyuan. The occurrence and parents’ cognition of accidental injury among pre-school children in Nanchong city: a questionnaire survey. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2018, 18(7): 657-661. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201712073 Copy

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