Epidemiology of childhood trauma at the Lady Ridgeway Children's Hospital, Colombo
Abstract
Objective To study the pattern of injuries and sociodemographic
characteristics of children seeking
treatment at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital, Colombo
(LRH) following trauma.
Design A descriptive cross-sectional study
Setting Accident service in LRH
Patients All children less than 13 years of age seeking
treatment at the LRH accident service on two randomly
selected week days and two randomly selected weekend
days.
Method Data was collected using an intervieweradministered
questionnaire and was processed manually.
Results 171 children with trauma were tabulated
according to type of injury, sex, age, presence of past
history of trauma, mother's level of education, site of
injury, cause, location, mother's employment status,
family income etc.
Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2002; 31: 46-54
(Key words: Epidemiology, trauma, children)
doi: 10.4038/sljch.v31i2.779
© 2009 Shamin P Lamabadusuriya, Dinuka Lankeshwara, D B N Kuruwitaarachchi, published by Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians
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