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Sports injuries in school‐aged children: A Studyd of traumatologic and socioeconomic outcome

1998; Wiley; Volume: 8; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1600-0838.1998.tb00229.x

1600-0838

Lars Sörensen, Sadie E. Larsen, Niels Dieter Röck,

Trauma and Emergency Care Studies

In this Danish study we attempted to identify the socioeconomic consequences of sports injuries in childre. A total of 1320 children, 650 boys and 670 girls, aged 6–17, completed questionnaires covering the period from the injury to recovery. The incidence rate was 74 per 1000 per year. The hospitalization rate was 4.1%. Due to the injury 37.2% of the children were absent from school for an average of 1.2 days (range 0–60 days), resulting in 1598 days’ absence from school. Most of the children were injured during training (34.7%) or competition (22.6%). The other injuries occurred durin recreational sporting activities (32.0%) or at school (10.7%). Fifty‐four percent were absent from work, on average for 2.2 days. Two hundred and nineteen children were absent from an after‐school job, for an average of 8.6 days. The total loss was 1896 working days. training or games, on average 6.0 times (range 0–99), with a total loss of 7897 training sesions. Fiften percent of the percent of the parents wre absent from work, on average for 2.2 days. Two hundred aqn nineten children wer absent from an afterschool job, for an average of 8.6 days. The total low was 1896 working day. The study shows that the socioenconomic consequences of sports injuries in children are a complex consisting of different parts and that the ijuries had a substantial impact on the functional and social status of the children and their families.