The Study of the Incidence Rate of Accident in the Students of Primary Schools in Hamadan District 1998 – 99

• Main Authors: Kh. Mani Kashani, M.S. Saba, M.H. Azimian
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Hamadan University of Medical Sciences 2001-12-01
• Series: پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا
• Subjects: accident / disasters / students
• Online Access: http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-859-en.html

Accidents as the second  cause of disabilities, are the health problems    in society that can cause the social, mental and physical disorders and    sometimes lead to death. Students of primary schools at the age of under    12 have been known as the high risk population in accidents. In this study, it    has been attempted an expressive and clear description of incidence rate    of accident is presented in the students studying in Hamadan primary    schools.           This study performed on 35000 students including 17500 female and    17500 male students in  primary schools in the region 1 and 2 depended on    Hamadan district. Accident incidence was reported daily through    questionnaire and collected at the end of each month.           According to the results obtained, the incidence of Accident were 1.6%    in the students of primary schools. The most further incidence was in fifth    grade (1.94 %). Accident incidence in urban schools was reported 1.63%    and in rural schools was 1.37%. In fall season the accident incidence was at    the highest rate (0.716%), and the place of accidents were in the schools    (56.1%). Accident incidence was 2.31% in male students and 0.88% in    female ones. Statistical tests showed the significant difference between    accident incidence with sex, educational grades and the season of    accident incidence (P < 0.05). The average of absence in the injured    students was 2.6 days.           This study demonstrated that incidence of accident in students of    primary schools have been low. The boys was in higher risk than  the girls    and the most of the accidents was in fifth grade.