Severity of fall injury among children below 7 years old, presented to emergency department, Hospital Kuala Lumpur

Mohd Hassan, Haslina (2012) Severity of fall injury among children below 7 years old, presented to emergency department, Hospital Kuala Lumpur. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Background: Falls are the most common cause of injuries in children, with an estimated high prevalence of 80%. In most countries~ falls are the most common cause of childhood injury in emergency departments. Unintentional injury is frequently associated with fall. Fall injury is an unintentional incident that results in a person to be on the ground or floor or other lower level. Deaths because of fall injuries are infrequent among children. However, there have been increasing occurrences of hospitalization and visits to the emergency department as consequences of injuries due to falls. Objectives: The general objective of this study is to. determine severity of fall injury among children presented to Emergency Depart.Inent, Hospital Kuala Lumpur. There are three main factors identified as contributing to fall injury: height of fall, mechanism of fall and location of injury. Methods: This is a cross sectional study involving parents, with children below the age of 7 years having injuries from a fall, and was brought to the Emergency Department, Hospital Kuala Lumpur. Data were collected over three months using a modified self-administered questionnaire. The sample size is around 270 participants. The questionnaire was pre-tested before being used for data collection. Data analysis was done using Statistical Analysis Package for Social Sciences (SPSS~.• Descriptive statistics were used to describe the sample and p < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Chi-square test was used to determine associations between factors of fall injury and severity of fall injury. Results: Of the 270 respondents males were 171 (63.3%) and females 99 (36.7%). A total of 75 (27.8%), respondents between ages 1-3 years old bad severe injury. A significant association was found between age and severity of fall injury (X2::22.82, p < 0.05). There were also significant association between height of fall (x2::4.616, p < 0.05) and mechanism of fall (X2::6.575, P < 0.05), with severity of fall injury. However, there were no significant associations between locations of injury and severity of fall injury. Conclusion: The finding of this study could be used to assist healthcare providers in the development and planning in the education of parents in order to minimize and/or prevent fall injuries. Keywords: Hospital, children, fall, injury.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Muhamad Fazril Awang
Date Deposited:	29 Aug 2022 02:44
Last Modified:	22 Aug 2023 04:30
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/83

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