title: Unintentional injuries among Chinese children with different types and severity of disability.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Little research has been done in China to study injury in individuals with disability. We investigated the impact of type and severity of disability on injury among children with disability in Hubei Province of China.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of 1201 children with disability were matched with 1201 healthy children on gender, age, and neighborhood. Disability type and severity were determined using the Chinese national standards. Caregivers were interviewed face-to-face about nonfatal unintentional injuries suffered by the child in the past 12 months before the interview. Univariate χ(2) test and logistic regression models were used to investigate association between disability type/severity and nonfatal unintentional injuries.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Injury rate among children with disability was significantly higher than that among children without disability (10.2% vs. 4.4%; P < .001). Children with multiple disabilities had the highest risk of injury after controlling for confounding variables (odds ratio, 4.54; 95% confidence interval, 2.82-7.30; P < .001). The magnitude of the association between disability and injury varied by type and severity of disability.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The magnitude of the association between the presence or absence of disability in children and their risk of injury was large and significant, regardless of the type or severity of the children's disabilities.
authors: Department of Maternal and Child Health, Center for Injury Research, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
authors: Huiping
authors: H
authors: Zhu
authors: Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus. Electronic address: Huiyun.Xiang@nationwidechildrens.org.
authors: Huiyun
authors: H
authors: Xiang
authors: Hubei Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Wuhan, Hubei, China.
authors: Xin
authors: X
authors: Xia
authors: Hubei Disabled Persons' Federation, Wuhan, China.
authors: Xia
authors: X
authors: Yang
authors: Wuhan Linjie Health Center, Wuhan, China.
authors: Dan
authors: D
authors: Li
authors: Department of Psychology, Colorado Injury Control Research Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins.
authors: Lorann
authors: L
authors: Stallones
authors: Department of Maternal and Child Health, Center for Injury Research, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
authors: Yukai
authors: Y
authors: Du
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology
keywords: Children; China; Disability; Unintentional injury