Carer report of medically attended injury in the previous year for Australian Child and Adolescent Development (ACAD) program subjects and group 2 subjects
| Variable | ACAD subjects (n=465) | Group 2 (n=110) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Type of visit (general practice, emergency department, admission) is recorded by carers for up to three separate injury events only. Therefore, totals do not necessarily correspond to the total for “Times injured” which allowed scoring of up to “five or more” separate injury events on the questionnaire. | |||
| †The denominator for calculating proportion of subjects admitted to hospital from emergency department includes the numbers admitted since it is assumed that they would first present to emergency department. This approach is consistent with general population calculations. | |||
| Incidence of injury events/100/year | 27.5 | 40.9 | 13.4 (CI 3.4 to 23.4) |
| Incidence adjusted for recall bias | 55.6 | 62.5 | |
| Subjects injured % (n) | 16.6 (77) | 28.2 (31) | 11.6 (CI 2.5 to 20.7) |
| Times injured % (n) | |||
| Once | 63.6 (49) | 64.5 (20) | |
| Two or more | 36.4 (28) | 35.5 (11) | |
| Total injuries | 128 | 45 | |
| Frequency of visits for medical attention % (n) | |||
| General practice | 49.1 (57) | 32.5 (14) | |
| Emergency department | 37.9 (44) | 62.8 (27) | |
| Admission | 10.3 (12) | 4.7 (2) | |
| Other | 2.7 (3) | 0.0 (0) | |
| Total visits % (n)* | 100.0 (116) | 100.0 (43) | |
| Admitted from emergency department %† | 21.4 | 6.9 | 14.5 (CI 3.4 to 25.6) |