Table 3

Parent-reported medically attended injury and injury-associated health service presentation rates (per 100 person-years) for intervention and control groups

MeasureMeasurement time pointControl group rate per 100 person-years (n events)
Baseline n=393
12 months n=349
24 months n=312
Intervention group rate per 100 person-years (n events)
Baseline n=354
12 months n=286
24 months n=260
Primary analysisMultiple imputation analysis
Adjusted* incidence rate ratio (95% CI)P valueAdjusted* incidence rate ratio (95% CI)P value
Medically attended injuryBaseline†10.2 (10)13.6 (12)1.31 (0.26 to 6.62)0.74‡1.14 (0.33 to 3.87)0.84
Year 123.7 (66)27.3 (57)0.89 (0.51 to 1.56)0.681.05 (0.64 to 1.70)0.86‡
Year 232.0 (84)31.5 (59)0.98 (0.57 to 1.70)0.95Not applicable**
Family doctor presentations due to injuryBaseline†3.1 (3)9.0 (8)4.85 (0.46 to 50.79)0.197.70 (0.88 to 676.70)0.37
Year 15.0 (14)9.1 (19)1.13 (0.36 to 3.54)0.831.22 (0.45 to 3.30)0.70‡
Year 25.7 (15)5.3 (10)1.01 (0.31 to 3.25)0.991.13 (0.45 to 2.85)0.80
Urgent care or walk-in centre presentations due to injuryBaseline†0.0 (0)1.1 (1)Not applicable§0.99‡¶Not applicable§**
Year 12.5 (7)3.8 (8)1.69 (0.23 to 12.41)0.61Not applicable**
Year 24.6 (12)3.2 (6)0.60 (0.19 to 1.96)0.40¶0.56 (0.20 to 1.55)0.26¶
Emergency department presentations due to injuryBaseline†9.2 (9)14.7 (13)0.63 (0.08 to 5.32)0.670.62 (0.15 to 2.56)0.51
Year 115.1 (42)14.4 (30)0.97 (0.52 to 1.81)0.94¶Not applicable**
Year 222.5 (59)23.5 (44)0.97 (0.50 to 1.91)0.940.92 (0.54 to 1.57)0.77‡
Hospital admissions due to injuryBaseline†1.0 (1)2.3 (2)0.55 (0.00 to 509.0)0.87Not applicable**
Year 11.4 (4)0.5 (1)Not applicable§**Not applicable**
Year 22.3 (6)1.1 (2)0.01 (0.0001 to 1.06)0.053¶0.09 (0.01 to 1.43)0.088¶
  • Completion of each three monthly follow-up injury questionnaire represented 0.25 years of data. For year 1, for example, any participant could contribute 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 or 1.0 years of injury follow-up data.

  • *The adjusted model controlled for: number of siblings under the age of 16 years; maternal age at the time of birth of the first child; the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) of the home postcode, whether the family lived in a single-adult household; the corresponding baseline variable (where collected); and the matched wards factor.

  • †Baseline rates were based on the number of events that were reported to have occurred in the 3 months prior to the intervention.

  • ‡The model did not initially converge so the ‘Matched wards’ factor was removed to enable convergence.

  • §The ratio of events is 0:1 and the upper 95% CI cannot be defined.

  • ¶A Poisson model was used.

  • **Model did not converge following removal of matched wards.