Domestic accidents: frequency and risk factors in children aged up to 6 months

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Accident Prevention, Accidental Falls, Child

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Ieda Regina Lopes Del-Ciampo
Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Medicina - São Carlos - São Paulo - Brazil
Luiz Antonio Del-Ciampo
Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Puericultura e Pediatria - Ribeirão Preto - São Paulo - Brazil
Leonardo Marcos Fausto da Costa
Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Medicina - São Carlos - São Paulo - Brazil
Luiza Ferreira Lopes
Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Medicina - São Carlos - São Paulo - Brasil

Abstract

Introduction: The study aims to detect the frequency of exposure to risk factors for accidents, to compare their association between two age groups (birth to 3 months; >3-6 months) and to calculate the prevalence of accidents in children from birth to 6 months old. Methods: Cross-sectional, descriptive study, including 53 children up to 6 months old, attended at Basic Health Units (BHU) in the city of São Carlos-SP, from November 2016 to February 2017. The association between risk exposure factors for accidents among children up to 3 months (GI) and children between 3 and 6 months (GII) was calculated by the χ2; Fisher or Mann-Whitney tests, with significance level p = 0.05. Results: The acquisition of toys as a risk factor for accidents was higher in GII (p = 0.00). There were 15 accidents, with prevalence of 28.3%, most of them (20.7%) were choking. Conclusions: Guidance aimed at choking prevention and on proper toy acquisition in the first quarter of life is important.

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Del-Ciampo, I. R. L., Del-Ciampo, L. A., Costa, L. M. F. da, & Lopes, L. F. (2026). Domestic accidents: frequency and risk factors in children aged up to 6 months. Revista De Pediatria SOPERJ, 19(3), 55–59. Retrieved from https://revistadepediatriasoperj.org.br/rps/article/view/239
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