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An analysis of children's clothing-related injuries cases reported by the media in mainland of China from 2003 to 2017
BACKGROUND: Numerous reports in the media have suggested that children could be hurt due to their clothing, yet there are few medical reports that discussed children's clothing-related injuries. This study therefore, aimed to describe the epidemiological characteristics of media-reported injury...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7478676/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32118750 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000019305 |
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author | Cheng, Sixiang Chiwanda Kaminga, Atipatsa Cheng, Xunjie Xu, Huilan |
author_facet | Cheng, Sixiang Chiwanda Kaminga, Atipatsa Cheng, Xunjie Xu, Huilan |
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description | BACKGROUND: Numerous reports in the media have suggested that children could be hurt due to their clothing, yet there are few medical reports that discussed children's clothing-related injuries. This study therefore, aimed to describe the epidemiological characteristics of media-reported injury cases related to children's clothing in Mainland of China. METHODS: This study systematically collected a total of 192 cases of children's clothing-related injuries reported in the news reports and medical literatures published by the Chinese media before December 2017. A content analysis of these cases was conducted to obtain information on the characteristics of these injuries. RESULTS: Cases of clothing-related injuries were most common in children aged 3 to 6 years (54.7%); the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in the 192 cases was 1.5: 1. In addition, approximately 51% of the cases occurred in the region of East China. The most common location of the incidents was in the home (35%). Furthermore, the zippers are the most common cause of injuries (15.1%), and the most common injured body part was the genital organs (29.2%). Besides, there were 24 cases reported death related to clothing injuries (13%). Moreover, the locations where the injuries occurred, the reasons for the occurrence of the injuries and the injured body parts differed significantly by gender and age (P < .05). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that future unintentional injuries could be prevented by implementing 2 major initiatives: improving the promotion of the safety of children clothing design in China and educating consumers on the potential risk associated with children's clothing. |
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spelling | pubmed-74786762020-09-24 An analysis of children's clothing-related injuries cases reported by the media in mainland of China from 2003 to 2017 Cheng, Sixiang Chiwanda Kaminga, Atipatsa Cheng, Xunjie Xu, Huilan Medicine (Baltimore) 6600 BACKGROUND: Numerous reports in the media have suggested that children could be hurt due to their clothing, yet there are few medical reports that discussed children's clothing-related injuries. This study therefore, aimed to describe the epidemiological characteristics of media-reported injury cases related to children's clothing in Mainland of China. METHODS: This study systematically collected a total of 192 cases of children's clothing-related injuries reported in the news reports and medical literatures published by the Chinese media before December 2017. A content analysis of these cases was conducted to obtain information on the characteristics of these injuries. RESULTS: Cases of clothing-related injuries were most common in children aged 3 to 6 years (54.7%); the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in the 192 cases was 1.5: 1. In addition, approximately 51% of the cases occurred in the region of East China. The most common location of the incidents was in the home (35%). Furthermore, the zippers are the most common cause of injuries (15.1%), and the most common injured body part was the genital organs (29.2%). Besides, there were 24 cases reported death related to clothing injuries (13%). Moreover, the locations where the injuries occurred, the reasons for the occurrence of the injuries and the injured body parts differed significantly by gender and age (P < .05). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that future unintentional injuries could be prevented by implementing 2 major initiatives: improving the promotion of the safety of children clothing design in China and educating consumers on the potential risk associated with children's clothing. Wolters Kluwer Health 2020-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7478676/ /pubmed/32118750 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000019305 Text en Copyright © 2020 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
spellingShingle | 6600 Cheng, Sixiang Chiwanda Kaminga, Atipatsa Cheng, Xunjie Xu, Huilan An analysis of children's clothing-related injuries cases reported by the media in mainland of China from 2003 to 2017 |
title | An analysis of children's clothing-related injuries cases reported by the media in mainland of China from 2003 to 2017 |
title_full | An analysis of children's clothing-related injuries cases reported by the media in mainland of China from 2003 to 2017 |
title_fullStr | An analysis of children's clothing-related injuries cases reported by the media in mainland of China from 2003 to 2017 |
title_full_unstemmed | An analysis of children's clothing-related injuries cases reported by the media in mainland of China from 2003 to 2017 |
title_short | An analysis of children's clothing-related injuries cases reported by the media in mainland of China from 2003 to 2017 |
title_sort | analysis of children's clothing-related injuries cases reported by the media in mainland of china from 2003 to 2017 |
topic | 6600 |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7478676/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32118750 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000019305 |
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