Association of socioeconomic factors and the risk for unintentional injuries among children in Japan: a cross-sectional study
Objectives While Japan has socioeconomic issues, such as income inequality, little is known about the association between socioeconomic factors and the risk of unintentional childhood injuries. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the influence of socioeconomic factors on the risk for unintentio...
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| author | Nobuhiro Sato Kohei Akazawa Yusuke Hagiwara Junta Ishikawa |
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| description | Objectives While Japan has socioeconomic issues, such as income inequality, little is known about the association between socioeconomic factors and the risk of unintentional childhood injuries. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the influence of socioeconomic factors on the risk for unintentional injuries among preschool children in Japan.Design Cross-sectional study using data from a web-based questionnaire survey.Setting Japan (January 2015).Participants 1000 households with preschool children under 6 years of age.Outcome measures Multivariate logistic regression was performed to analyse the influence of socioeconomic factors on the incidence of unintentional injuries.Results Overall, 976 households were eligible for the analysis, with 201 households reporting unintentional injuries. The incidence rates for unintentional injury were estimated to be constant across all strata constructed using combinations of socioeconomic factors. The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed no significant differences in socioeconomic factors between households that reported unintentional injuries and those that did not.Conclusion The findings of our study demonstrated that unintentional injuries among preschool children occurred at approximately fixed rates, independent of socioeconomic factors. Accordingly, prevention strategies for unintentional injuries that concern socioeconomic disadvantages should be avoided in Japan. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-984f29c42e7c4fb2906eb88176d69e232025-02-09T08:10:10ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552018-08-018810.1136/bmjopen-2018-021621Association of socioeconomic factors and the risk for unintentional injuries among children in Japan: a cross-sectional studyNobuhiro Sato0Kohei Akazawa1Yusuke Hagiwara2Junta Ishikawa3Department of Microbiota Research, Juntendo University, Bunkyo-ku, Japan3 Department of Medical Informatics and Statistics, Niigata University Graduate School of Medicine, Niigata, Japan2 Department of Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan1 Department of Medical Informatics and Statistics, Niigata University Graduate School of Medicine, Niigata, JapanObjectives While Japan has socioeconomic issues, such as income inequality, little is known about the association between socioeconomic factors and the risk of unintentional childhood injuries. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the influence of socioeconomic factors on the risk for unintentional injuries among preschool children in Japan.Design Cross-sectional study using data from a web-based questionnaire survey.Setting Japan (January 2015).Participants 1000 households with preschool children under 6 years of age.Outcome measures Multivariate logistic regression was performed to analyse the influence of socioeconomic factors on the incidence of unintentional injuries.Results Overall, 976 households were eligible for the analysis, with 201 households reporting unintentional injuries. The incidence rates for unintentional injury were estimated to be constant across all strata constructed using combinations of socioeconomic factors. The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed no significant differences in socioeconomic factors between households that reported unintentional injuries and those that did not.Conclusion The findings of our study demonstrated that unintentional injuries among preschool children occurred at approximately fixed rates, independent of socioeconomic factors. Accordingly, prevention strategies for unintentional injuries that concern socioeconomic disadvantages should be avoided in Japan.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/8/e021621.full |
| spellingShingle | Nobuhiro Sato Kohei Akazawa Yusuke Hagiwara Junta Ishikawa Association of socioeconomic factors and the risk for unintentional injuries among children in Japan: a cross-sectional study BMJ Open |
| title | Association of socioeconomic factors and the risk for unintentional injuries among children in Japan: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Association of socioeconomic factors and the risk for unintentional injuries among children in Japan: a cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Association of socioeconomic factors and the risk for unintentional injuries among children in Japan: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association of socioeconomic factors and the risk for unintentional injuries among children in Japan: a cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Association of socioeconomic factors and the risk for unintentional injuries among children in Japan: a cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | association of socioeconomic factors and the risk for unintentional injuries among children in japan a cross sectional study |
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