Is psychopathology related to children's unintentional injury?

This research aimed to study children's psychopathology and unintentional accidents in Thrace, northern Greece. We examined whether there was a correlation between each risk factor of the research and the dependent variables: 1) minor accidents, 2) serious accidents that required Emergency Room attendance (ER accidents), 3) serious accidents that led to hospital admission (admission accidents). High school children (n = 1,516) completed an anonymous questionnaire regarding the cause of their accident, as well as the "Strengths and difficulties questionnaire" (SDQ) by Goodman.

Socio-demographic risks of child injury in a Greek region.

Unlabelled: Child injuries are a growing global public health problem and the aim of this research was to study child accidents, their causes and risk factors in a northern part of Greece, Thrace.

Methods: 1,516 high school children completed an anonymous questionnaire regarding the cause, type, activity before the accident, and result of their accident.

Results: The Chi square method showed a high correlation between accidents and variables such as gender (OR .