Research Article
Children Who Experience Unintentional Injuries: Their Functional Profiles
Table 2
Descriptive data injury features, injured group (
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| | Injury feature | Type | Frequency (%) |
| | Times injuries required medical intervention in the last 2 years | Once | 22 (68.8) | | Twice | 6 (18.7) | | Three or more | 4 (12.5) |
| | Type of injury | Fracture | 21 (65.7) | | Burn | 1 (3.1) | | Head injury | 1 (3.1) | | Cut | 5 (15.6) | | Fracture+cut | 4 (12.5) |
| | Place of injury | Home | 3 (9.3) | | Outside | 16 (50.0) | | Home+outside | 2 (6.3) | | School | 1 (3.1) | | Home+outside+school | 8 (25.0) | | Outside+school | 2 (6.3) |
| | Medical treatment postinjury | Emergency room | 8 (25.0) | | Professional doctor | 7 (21.8) | | Hospitalization | 3 (9.4) | | No treatment/follow-up | 14 (43.8) |
| | Duration of postinjury activity restriction | 4–8 hours | 4 (12.9) | | 1–4 days | 4 (12.9) | | 5 or more days | 24 (77.5) |
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