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Using participant event monitoring in a cohort study of unintentional injuries among children and adolescents

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  • Wilkins III, J.R.
  • Mac Crawford, J.
  • Stallones, L.
  • Koechlin, K.M.
  • Shen, L.
  • Hayes, J.
  • Bean, T.L.

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Objectives. We conducted a 3-year cohort study of 407 youths aged 9 to 18 years to develop multivariable risk prediction models of agriculture-related injuries. Methods. Data were obtained via participant event monitoring, with youths self-reporting injuries and exposures in daily diaries over a 13-week period. We evaluated data quality by comparing injury self-reports with other injury data. Results. Semilogarithmic plots of rates of all unintentional injuries combined (US data from 2000) as well as of agriculture-related injuries (US and Canadian data from 19 previous studies) graphed as a function of injury severity exhibited linearity, as did plots based on the present results. Severity-specific unintentional injury rates were 1.4-to 4.3-times higher than national rates, suggesting that our methodology can significantly reduce injury underreporting. In addition, at each severity level, estimated agriculture-related injury rates were 5.8- to 9.3-times higher than rates from previous national, regional, and state-based studies. Conclusions. Our approach to participant event monitoring can be implemented with youths aged 9 to 18 years and will yield reliable daily data on unintentional injuries.

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  • Wilkins III, J.R. & Mac Crawford, J. & Stallones, L. & Koechlin, K.M. & Shen, L. & Hayes, J. & Bean, T.L., 2007. "Using participant event monitoring in a cohort study of unintentional injuries among children and adolescents," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 97(2), pages 283-290.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2005.077172_9
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.077172
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