Pediatric Injuries in Kids Cafés and Risk Factors for Significant Injuries: a 6-Year Cross-Sectional Study Using a Multicenter Injury Registry in Korea
- Author:
Ik Chang CHOI
1
;
Joong Wan PARK
;
Jae Yun JUNG
;
Do Kyun KIM
;
Young Ho KWAK
;
Dongbum SUH
;
Se Uk LEE
Author Information
- Publication Type:Multicenter Study
- Keywords: Wounds and Injuries; Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Play and Playthings; Child; Korea
- MeSH: Caregivers; Child; Cross-Sectional Studies; Emergencies; Hospitalization; Humans; Korea; Logistic Models; Lower Extremity; Odds Ratio; Play and Playthings; Risk Factors; Social Control, Formal; Wounds and Injuries
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science 2020;35(6):37-
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: BACKGROUND: A kids café is a popular indoor playground in Korea that combines a playground for young children and a café for their caregivers. There have been no national reports about kids café-related injuries in Korea. This study investigated kids café-related injuries in Korea registered in a multicenter injury surveillance database and analyzed the risk factors for significant kids café-related injuries.METHODS: A multicenter cross-sectional study was performed using the Emergency Department-based Injury In-depth Surveillance registry in Korea between 2011 and 2016. Significant injury was defined as an injury requiring hospitalization or surgery. A multivariable logistic regression model was used to obtain the adjusted odds ratios (aORs) for factors associated with significant kids café-related injuries.RESULTS: Among 1,537,617 injured patients, we extracted 891 patients who were injured in kids cafés. Of these, 46 (5.2%) were admitted, and 39 (4.4%) underwent surgery. The most common injured anatomical site, injury type, and mechanism were lower extremity (28.2%), superficial injury (27.2%), and slip (27.1%), respectively. Among injury-inducing factors, significant injuries were most commonly caused by a trampoline (28.1%), and rock climbing equipment was the only risk factor in a kids café that led to significant injury after adjusting for age, sex, injury mechanism, and injured anatomical sites (aOR, 14.94; 95% confidence interval, 1.51–147.72).CONCLUSION: The rock climbing equipment in a kids café can cause serious injury to children. Establishing safety regulations for rock climbing equipment in kids cafés may have the greatest impact in reducing significant injuries requiring hospitalization or surgery.
