Evaluation of paediatric injury hospitalization incidence at Hospital Ward in Grudziądz

Barczykowska Ewa, Ślusarz Robert, Lewicka Marta, Lewandowska Barbara, Kurylak Andrzej. Evaluation of paediatric injury hospitalization incidence at Hospital Ward in Grudziądz. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2016;6(4):429-446. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.50582 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/3491 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 755 (23.12.2015). 755 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Author (s) 2016; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.04.2016. Revised 25.04.2016. Accepted: 27.04.2016. Evaluation of paediatric injury hospitalization incidence at Hospital Ward in Grudziądz Ewa Barczykowska1, Robert Ślusarz2, Marta Lewicka1,3, Barbara Lewandowska4, Andrzej Kurylak1,3 1Paediatric Nursing Department, L. Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University (UMK) in Toruń 2Neurological and Neurosurgical Nursing Department, L. Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University (UMK) in Toruń 3J. Brudziński Voivodship Paediatric Hospital in Bydgoszcz 4Correction Unit No. 2 in Grudziadz Mailing address: Marta Lewicka, Collegium Medicum im. L. Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy, UMK w Toruniu, ul. Techników 3, 85-801 Bydgoszcz, Poland; Phone 52 585 21 93, e-mail: marta_grabinska@hotmail.com Abstract Introduction. Children's and adolescents' injuries are a serious medical problem, as they lead to substantial medical and socio-economic effects. Aim of the paper. The aim of the conducted research was to analyze incidence and causes of hospitalizing children between birth and 18 years of age on the grounds of injuries. Material and methods. Medical histories of 2 832 children between birth and 18 years of age treated for injuries in 2006-2010 in Wladyslaw Bieganski Regional Specialist Hospital in Grudziadz were analyzed. Results. Correlations between treatment method and subsequent years of research (p