Analysis of the correlation between fracture occur and temperament characteristics among school-age children

Abstract

Objective To explore the correlation of fracture occur with temperament characteristics among and to provide references for preventing the school children′s fracture. Methods Using Chinese 8-12 years old School Children Temperament Scale (CSTS), we investigated 100 school-age children′s patient with limb fractures post-operation and 102 normal children, and analyzed the temperament type and 9 factors of temperament dimension. Results In the temperament characteristic type of fractured school-age children, the plain type, slow moving type and troublesome type were 47, 13, and 40 cases respectively, while 75, 7, 18 in the control group (χ2=16.571, P<0.01). In the fracture group of temperament characteristic dimension, the scores of children activities level, rhythmicity, phobotaxis, response intensity, adaptability, persistent factor were higher than these of control group (P<0.05). By Logistic regression analysis, the temperament characteristic impacted on the happening of children fracture. Conclusions The troublesome type rate of fracture in school-age children is higher than other types of children. Temperament dimensionality factors can affect the incidence of fractures in children. We should take appropriate educational methods based on different types of temperament to prevent childhood fractures in school-age children. Key words: Children; Fracture; Temperament characteristics; Correlation