TY - JOUR ID - TI - Medical and Social Analysis of Preschool Children Under the Age of Six Years at Secondary and Tertiary Care after Home Accidents in Hilla City AU - Aya Kadium Nsaif AU - Sijal Fadhil Farhood Al-Joborae PY - 2022 VL - 19 IS - 2 SP - 169 EP - 175 JO - Medical Journal of Babylon مجلة بابل الطبية SN - 1812156X 23126760 AB - Background: Accidents mainly occur at home, children are the most vulnerable to in any household. Objectives: The goals of thisstudy were to identify the commonest causes of home accidents that necessitate secondary and tertiary care admission. And to findout social variables related to home accidents. Patients and Methods: It is a descriptive hospital-based cross-sectional study which wascarried out on a convenient sample of 200 preschool children who were cared for Emergency Department in Babylon Maternity andPediatrics Hospital and Imam Sadik General Teaching Hospital whose mothers accepted to participate in this study. It was conductedover a period of four months from April 1 to August 1, 2021. Data were collected through interviewing the participants who wereasked to give their verbal consent to a structural questionnaire containing information about sociodemographic factors, child, andfamily variables. The information was analyzed using SPSS version 24. Result: The rate of home accidents (falls and blows by forcefulsticks) among children under the age of six years were 55.50% and 24.50%, respectively. From the different investigated factors,Paternal educational level showed significant relation to home accidents, and other variables (maternal educational level, numberof family members, and home size) were found to be risk factors for home injuries. Conclusion: Falls were the commonest cause ofunintentional injuries; in children, home accidents are still the major problem and jeopardize the lives of children. Home accidentsamong children under the age of six years are increasing and this issue requires more attention and effort.

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