Kemalangan di rumah di kalangan kanak-kanak yang mendaftar di Institut Pediatrik, Hospital Kuala Lumpur
The objective of this study was to investigate the incidence of home accidents among children. The term 'accident' in this study refered to cases involving falls, cuts, poisoning and burns. Studies on 38 patients admitted ti Pediatric Institute, Hospital Kuala Lumpur (IPHKL) from November...
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Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
1995
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| author | Abu Yamin K., Azizi A., Che Hatikah C.H., Maa T.W., Mazilinda M., Mohd Fadhly Y., Premilla G.P., Rafidah Hanim M., |
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| description | The objective of this study was to investigate the incidence of home accidents among children. The term 'accident' in this study refered to cases involving falls, cuts, poisoning and burns. Studies on 38 patients admitted ti Pediatric Institute, Hospital Kuala Lumpur (IPHKL) from November 1993 - November 1994 was carried out in order to determine the risk factors associated with home accidents. The results showed that 32 of the cases (84.2%) were 6 years of age and below, and males made up 52.6% of the cases. As for ethnicity, the majority were Malays (63.2%) followed by Chinese and Indians (both 18.4%) of sample. The study also showed that the majority of accident occurred among children of non working mothers (52.6%). In addition 89.5% of cases were involved, those with fewer than 5 siblings. Cases where patients were not the only child in the family cinstituted 76.3%. In this study only one risk factor was recognised as being significant and that is child caring. Arrangement where children who were not taken care of by their own mothers risk of being involved in home accidents was three time higher compared to those who were. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:43332016-12-14T06:35:50Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4333/ Kemalangan di rumah di kalangan kanak-kanak yang mendaftar di Institut Pediatrik, Hospital Kuala Lumpur Abu Yamin K., Azizi A., Che Hatikah C.H., Maa T.W., Mazilinda M., Mohd Fadhly Y., Premilla G.P., Rafidah Hanim M., The objective of this study was to investigate the incidence of home accidents among children. The term 'accident' in this study refered to cases involving falls, cuts, poisoning and burns. Studies on 38 patients admitted ti Pediatric Institute, Hospital Kuala Lumpur (IPHKL) from November 1993 - November 1994 was carried out in order to determine the risk factors associated with home accidents. The results showed that 32 of the cases (84.2%) were 6 years of age and below, and males made up 52.6% of the cases. As for ethnicity, the majority were Malays (63.2%) followed by Chinese and Indians (both 18.4%) of sample. The study also showed that the majority of accident occurred among children of non working mothers (52.6%). In addition 89.5% of cases were involved, those with fewer than 5 siblings. Cases where patients were not the only child in the family cinstituted 76.3%. In this study only one risk factor was recognised as being significant and that is child caring. Arrangement where children who were not taken care of by their own mothers risk of being involved in home accidents was three time higher compared to those who were. Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 1995 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4333/1/jil2bil2-5yamin.pdf Abu Yamin K., and Azizi A., and Che Hatikah C.H., and Maa T.W., and Mazilinda M., and Mohd Fadhly Y., and Premilla G.P., and Rafidah Hanim M., (1995) Kemalangan di rumah di kalangan kanak-kanak yang mendaftar di Institut Pediatrik, Hospital Kuala Lumpur. Jurnal Kesihatan Masyarakat, 2 (2). pp. 60-68. ISSN 1675-1663 http://www.communityhealthjournal.org/pdf/jil2bil2-5yamin.PDF |
| spellingShingle | Abu Yamin K., Azizi A., Che Hatikah C.H., Maa T.W., Mazilinda M., Mohd Fadhly Y., Premilla G.P., Rafidah Hanim M., Kemalangan di rumah di kalangan kanak-kanak yang mendaftar di Institut Pediatrik, Hospital Kuala Lumpur |
| title | Kemalangan di rumah di kalangan kanak-kanak yang mendaftar di Institut Pediatrik, Hospital Kuala Lumpur |
| title_full | Kemalangan di rumah di kalangan kanak-kanak yang mendaftar di Institut Pediatrik, Hospital Kuala Lumpur |
| title_fullStr | Kemalangan di rumah di kalangan kanak-kanak yang mendaftar di Institut Pediatrik, Hospital Kuala Lumpur |
| title_full_unstemmed | Kemalangan di rumah di kalangan kanak-kanak yang mendaftar di Institut Pediatrik, Hospital Kuala Lumpur |
| title_short | Kemalangan di rumah di kalangan kanak-kanak yang mendaftar di Institut Pediatrik, Hospital Kuala Lumpur |
| title_sort | kemalangan di rumah di kalangan kanak-kanak yang mendaftar di institut pediatrik, hospital kuala lumpur |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4333/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4333/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4333/1/jil2bil2-5yamin.pdf |