Abstract
Self‐scratching injuries (SI) on the face were studied in 300 newborns in order to know how they are made. Of the 300 infants studied, 298 had the scratches. Scored SI (SI score) according to the grades of the injury were compared in each of nine different subject groups into which the infants were divided on the basis of their birth weights, gestational ages, Apgar scores, modes of delivery, and the presence or absence of delivery complications. Each of the mean SI scores of the low birth weight infants, the preterm infants, the infants with a certain delivery complication, and of the infants delivered by a cesarean section was significantly lower than that of the healthy and matured infants. It is thus concluded that the scratching injuries are attributed to normal neonatal movements and the degree of injuries may reflect the maturity and the physical activity of the newborn.
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