Trends in medically attended injuries among czech adolescents between 2002 and 2022

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://cejph.szu.cz/pdfs/cjp/2025/04/09.pdf" target="_blank" >https://cejph.szu.cz/pdfs/cjp/2025/04/09.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a8699" target="_blank" >10.21101/cejph.a8699</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Trends in medically attended injuries among czech adolescents between 2002 and 2022

Original language description

Objectives: Adolescence is widely recognized as a critical developmental period marked by increased independence and risk-taking behaviours, which often result in medically attended injuries. The aim of the study is to present the trends analyses of self-reported HBSC data on medically attended injuries in Czech adolescents between the years 2002 and 2022 and complement other sources of injuries data in Czech adolescents. Additional objective is to outline the possible use of the above-mentioned data for research purposes by public health professionals and researchers so they can be used for injury prevention purposes.Methods: The overall sample of 44,817 adolescents aged 11, 13 and 15 years (50.3% girls) from the last six cycles of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study data collections between 2002 and 2022 was analysed.Results: An adjusted residual analysis of nationally representative data from 2002 to 2022 revealed a significant shift in the pattern of medically attended injuries among Czech adolescents. Across both sexes and all surveyed age groups, there was a notable increase in the prevalence of multiple (2 or more) injuries. Simultaneously, the proportion of adolescents reporting no injuries decreased significantly, particularly among girls, whose injury-free rate dropped from 61.2% in 2002 to 48.2% in 2022. While the rate of single injuries remained relatively stable – without significant change in many groups – the overall injury burden has shifted toward more frequent and potentially severe injury experiences. Logistic regression analysis revealed that the likelihood of reporting at least one injury was highest in 2022, after controlling for gender, age, and family affluence. Boys, 13-year-olds, and children from higher-income families were at increased risk.Conclusions: Medically attended injuries have increased in both frequency and complexity over the last two decades among Czech adolescents. The shifting patterns underscore the urgent need for context-sensitive, age-appropriate, and equity-focused prevention strategies.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

O - Projekt operacniho programu

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Central European Journal of Public Health

ISSN

1210-7778

e-ISSN

1803-1048

Volume of the periodical

33

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

292-297

UT code for WoS article

001669496400008

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105027821163