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Baby walker injury, disability, and death in a high-income middle eastern country, as reported by siblings

BACKGROUND: Baby walkers (BWs) are frequent causes of infant injuries. Little research is reported from the Middle East and few population-based studies anywhere. METHODS: Using multistage random sampling in a city of the United Arab Emirates, 4 of 8 female Arab government high schools and 3 final-y...

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Autores principales: Barss, Peter, Grivna, Michal, Al-Hanaee, Amna, Al-Dhahab, Ayesha, Al-Kaabi, Fatima, Al-Muhairi, Shamma
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Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4942486/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27747554
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40621-016-0082-7
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author Barss, Peter
Grivna, Michal
Al-Hanaee, Amna
Al-Dhahab, Ayesha
Al-Kaabi, Fatima
Al-Muhairi, Shamma
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Al-Hanaee, Amna
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description BACKGROUND: Baby walkers (BWs) are frequent causes of infant injuries. Little research is reported from the Middle East and few population-based studies anywhere. METHODS: Using multistage random sampling in a city of the United Arab Emirates, 4 of 8 female Arab government high schools and 3 final-year classes each from science and arts tracks were selected. Structured self-administered questionnaires assessed prevalence, frequency, severity, and external causes of BW incidents and injuries, and residential hazards. RESULTS: Response was 100 %, 696 students, 55 % (n = 385) Emirati citizens. 87 % (n = 605) of families used/had used BWs. Among 646 injuries were 118 ER (emergency) visits, 42 hospitalizations, 11 disabilities, and 3 deaths. Average risk was 1 incident/user, 1 injury/4 users, 1 ER visit/20, 1 hospitalization/55, 1 disability/200, 1 death/1000. Odds ratios for >1:1 floor levels were 2.3 (95 % confidence interval: 1.2, 4.3) for hospitalization, 16.8 (95 % CI: 2.1, 132.5) disability. Incidents included hitting objects 48 % (n = 1322), overturning 23 % (n = 632), accessing hazardous objects 17 % (n = 473), and falling down stairs 11 % (n = 300); 1 % (n = 32) fell into swimming pools. In 49 % (n = 297/605) of user families, ≥1 child had been injured. CONCLUSIONS: Despite causing many injuries including disabilities and fatalities, BWs were used by nearly all families. Governments should consider Canada’s lead in prohibiting importation, sales, and advertising of BWs.
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spelling pubmed-49424862016-07-26 Baby walker injury, disability, and death in a high-income middle eastern country, as reported by siblings Barss, Peter Grivna, Michal Al-Hanaee, Amna Al-Dhahab, Ayesha Al-Kaabi, Fatima Al-Muhairi, Shamma Inj Epidemiol Original Contribution BACKGROUND: Baby walkers (BWs) are frequent causes of infant injuries. Little research is reported from the Middle East and few population-based studies anywhere. METHODS: Using multistage random sampling in a city of the United Arab Emirates, 4 of 8 female Arab government high schools and 3 final-year classes each from science and arts tracks were selected. Structured self-administered questionnaires assessed prevalence, frequency, severity, and external causes of BW incidents and injuries, and residential hazards. RESULTS: Response was 100 %, 696 students, 55 % (n = 385) Emirati citizens. 87 % (n = 605) of families used/had used BWs. Among 646 injuries were 118 ER (emergency) visits, 42 hospitalizations, 11 disabilities, and 3 deaths. Average risk was 1 incident/user, 1 injury/4 users, 1 ER visit/20, 1 hospitalization/55, 1 disability/200, 1 death/1000. Odds ratios for >1:1 floor levels were 2.3 (95 % confidence interval: 1.2, 4.3) for hospitalization, 16.8 (95 % CI: 2.1, 132.5) disability. Incidents included hitting objects 48 % (n = 1322), overturning 23 % (n = 632), accessing hazardous objects 17 % (n = 473), and falling down stairs 11 % (n = 300); 1 % (n = 32) fell into swimming pools. In 49 % (n = 297/605) of user families, ≥1 child had been injured. CONCLUSIONS: Despite causing many injuries including disabilities and fatalities, BWs were used by nearly all families. Governments should consider Canada’s lead in prohibiting importation, sales, and advertising of BWs. Springer International Publishing 2016-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4942486/ /pubmed/27747554 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40621-016-0082-7 Text en © The Author(s). 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Al-Hanaee, Amna
Al-Dhahab, Ayesha
Al-Kaabi, Fatima
Al-Muhairi, Shamma
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title_short Baby walker injury, disability, and death in a high-income middle eastern country, as reported by siblings
title_sort baby walker injury, disability, and death in a high-income middle eastern country, as reported by siblings
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4942486/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27747554
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40621-016-0082-7
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