Traumatic Injuries Among University Students in Finland

Abstract

A questionnaire dealing with the incidence of traumatic injuries was sent to 1,000 randomly selected 3rd-year university students in Finland; 617 students responded adequately. Of those, 177 (28.7%) reported a combined total of 281 accidents and 323 separate injuries requiring medical or dental treatment during the preceding 3 years. The accidents resulted in 1,061 days of official sick leave, and one third of the accidents caused permanent sequelae to the affected students. Almost half of all accidents had been sustained during sports activities and 14% in traffic. Only 0.5% of the accidents were classified as having occurred in the university environment or during activities directly related to studies. Alcohol was involved in 10.1% of the accidents; 45% of the injuries affected the lower extremities, and 22% the upper extremities. Most of the injuries were related to the students' active lifestyles and keen interest in sports.

Factors Associated with Unintentional Injury among University Students in 26 Countries

“…Regarding the different type or cause of nonfatal injury in university students, this study found, in agreement with other studies (Sane et al., ; Shi et al., ; Sumilo & Stewart‐Brown, ) that most students had sustained their injuries during sports activities and that the most common causes were falling and traffic‐related injuries. This study finding calls for a need for programs in sport‐injury prevention for university students (Donaldson & Finch, ; Zebas, Loudon, Chapman, Magee, & Bowman, ).…”

“…There has been a lack of data on nonfatal injury in young adults, including university students, in particular in low‐ and middle‐income countries (Borse & Hyder, ). In studies among university students or youth in the past 12 months injury in high‐income countries found 18% in the United Kingdom (Sumilo & Stewart‐Brown, ), 28.3% in Switzerland (Suris, Jeannin, Michaud, Narring, Diserens, & Smash Group, ), 28.7% (in the past 3 years) in Finland (Sane, Ylipaavalniemi, Turtola, Niemi, & Laaka, ), and 8.8% (in the context of their studies) in Germany (Faller, Mikolajczyk, Akmatov, Meier, & Krämer, ). In low‐ and middle‐income countries, Shi et al.…”

“…() report from a large open‐university student sample in Thailand that 21.5% had at least one incidence of injury over the last 12 months, and Ibrahim, Day, Hirshon, and El‐Setouhy () note, 21.9% pedestrian injury in the past 6 months among Egyptian university students. Some studies reported on the type or cause of nonfatal injury in university students, for example, among Finnish students, almost half of all accidents had been sustained during sports activities and 14% in traffic (Sane et al., ), while Shi et al. () found in China that falls (11.5 injuries per 100 person‐years) were the leading cause of injury, followed by traffic injuries (2.4), and animal/insect bites (1.3).…”

Traumatic dental injuries – knowledge and awareness among present and prospective teachers in selected urban and rural areas of Norway

“…Prompt and appropriate onsite emergency management is especially important in cases of avulsion (11). It has been estimated that one-third of teeth experiencing TDI get permanent sequelae (12). Pulp necrosis, root resorption and interruption of tooth development in the case of immature teeth are examples of possible complications, which may entail life-long Abstract -Aim: to evaluate the knowledge and awareness of traumatic dental injuries (TDI) in children and adolescents among present and prospective teachers in selected parts of Norway.…”

Elementary school staff knowledge about dental injuries

“…As a result, TDIs are frequently referred to physicians, dentists and hospital emergency departments without having had appropriate emergency management at the site of the accident (12, 18). The resulting complications can be costly and time‐consuming (19–22) and many teeth are subsequently lost (22), often resulting from a delay in receiving care (12, 18).…”