Abstract
Background Injuries, especially unintentional injuries, are considered to be a leading cause of death among children and adolescents and a serious public health problem around the world. The present study was conducted to assess the prevalence of unintentional childhood injuries. Material & methods The present cross-sectional study was conducted among a 300 consecutive sample of parents accompanying children aged ≤12 years. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data, eliciting information about the attending child, details of unintentional injuries. The data was collected and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for Windows, version 26.0. (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). P< 0.05 was considered statistically signicant. ResultsIn the present study 300 children were selected for the study who was accompanied by the parents. Maximum children were of age group ≤3 years (44.66%) followed by age group >9 years (22.33%). Males (56%) were more than females (44%). Unintentional childhood injuries was maximum in age group ≤3 (31.34%) followed by age group 7-9 years (27.11%). Unintentional childhood injuries were maximum in males (16.07%). Conclusion The study concluded that Unintentional childhood injuries were maximum in age group ≤3 and maximum in males
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