Violence among Adolescents in Qatar: Results from the Global School-based Student Health Survey, 2011

Bala, Mohamed; Chehab, Mohamad; Saadeh, Salah; Khenji, Abdulhameed Al

doi:10.7759/cureus.2913

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“…Supportive parents were found to be protective of physical fights as observed in other studies in Ghana, Namibia, and Chile [9,28,38] though not in studies from the Caribbean and Malaysia were no association was noted [3,22]. On the other hand, supportive parents were found to have an increased risk among males but protective among females in Qatar [25]. This study measured parental support through how often parents checked the homework of adolescents.…”

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“…Studies conducted in the East Mediterranean region have shown the prevalence to range from 46% to 65% among males, 21% to 48% among females, and from 41% to 58% among both sexes [1,15]. Compared to high income countries, the prevalence is lower compared to studies conducted in Israel and Qatar each at 49%, UAE at 43% [15,24,25]; Portugal at 34% and the US at 31% and 36% [15,26,27] though higher compared to other studies conducted in Europe and North America ranging from 9-14% [28,29]. Students involved in physical fights were more likely to be males, involved in bullying victimization, planned suicide, and missed school, while understanding parents and being physically inactive were found to be protective.…”

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Involvement in Physical Fights among School Attending Adolescents: A Nationally Representative Sample from Kuwait

Shaikh

Abio

Adedimeji

et al. 2020

Behavioral Sciences

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Background: Interpersonal violence in school settings is an important public health problem worldwide. This study investigated the individual and social correlates for being involved in a physical fight amongst a nationally representative sample of school-attending adolescents in Kuwait. Methods: We carried out bivariate and multivariate analyses to determine the strength and direction of associations with adolescent involvement in problematic fighting behavior within a 12-month recall period. Results: Within a total sample of 3637, n = 877 (25.2%) of school-attending adolescents reported being involved in two or more physical fights during the recall period. The multivariate analysis indicated that being male (OR = 2.71; CI = 1.88–3.90), a victim of bullying (OR = 2.77; CI = 2.14–3.58), truancy (OR = 2.52; CI = 1.91–3.32), planning a suicide (OR = 2.04; CI = 1.49–2.78) and food deprivation (OR = 1.91; CI = 1.37–2.65) were associated with an increased risk of involvement in physical fighting. Peer support in the form of having close friends (OR = 0.85; CI = 0.76–0.96) was found to be associated with a reduced involvement in fighting behavior. Conclusion: The results, when taken together, suggest that supportive school environments may represent important settings for violence mitigation and prevention strategies.

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Involvement in Physical Fights among School Attending Adolescents: A Nationally Representative Sample from Kuwait

Shaikh

Abio

Adedimeji

et al. 2020

Behavioral Sciences

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“…Bala et al, studied the prevalence of physical fighting and its associated factors among the adolescent population in Qatar [ 18 ]. This study was based on a student health survey in school to determine the prevalence and factors associated with being engaged in a physical fight.…”

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Violence –related injuries in a rapidly developing Middle Eastern country: a retrospective study from a level 1 trauma center

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Background Violence is a global public health concern leading to injuries, long-term physical, sexual or mental health problems and even mortality. The burden of violence-related injuries on hospital systems remains understudied in the Arabian Gulf region. The present study aimed to describe the epidemiology of hospitalized violence-related injuries in a rapidly developing Middle Eastern country. Methods A retrospective analysis from a level 1 trauma center, in the state of Qatar, was conducted. Data were retrieved from the Qatar national trauma registry for all patients who were admitted with violence-related injuries between June 2010 and June 2017. Analyzed data were used to compare hospitalized interpersonal and self-inflicted violence groups. Results The hospitalization rate of violence-related injuries was 4.6 per 100,000 population per year; it was significantly higher in males (5.5/100,000 males/year vs. 1.8/100,000 females/year) and younger persons, particularly in the 25–34 years old population (41%). South Asians constituted 55% of the affected study population. Interpersonal violence (76.7%) was the most common mechanism of injury. Significant differences between interpersonal and self-inflicted violence groups were evident, especially for the type of trauma (i.e. blunt or penetrating), injured body regions, alcohol use, injury severity, need for intubation and psychiatric referral (p < 0.05). Overall, in-hospital mortality was 6.4%; with a significantly higher rate in females (16% vs.5%, p = 0.001). Outcomes, including length of hospital stay and mortality, were comparable between the two study groups. Multivariate analysis showed that male gender and alcohol use were predictors for interpersonal violence whereas high Injury Severity Score (ISS) and low Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) were predictors of hospital mortality. Conclusions The rate of hospitalization for violence-related injuries in Qatar is low; however, its burden on the trauma system is of concern. Although it comprised only 9.6% of the study population, females are more likely to get hospitalized following self-inflicted injuries when compared to interpersonal violence. The disproportionate burden of violence among South Asian and young populations warrants an evidence-based public health approach to appropriately address the risk factors and set prevention programs.

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“…Such studies based on trauma registry data are very rare in the Arabian Gulf region. A hospital-based retrospective study in Jordan demonstrated that violence (71%) was the most frequent cause of ED visits followed by road tra c injuries (23%) [17] Bala et al studied the prevalence of physical ghting and its associated factors among adolescent population in Qatar [18]. This study was based on a student health survey in school to determine the prevalence and factors associated with being engaged in a physical ght.…”

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Violence –related injuries in a rapidly developing Middle Eastern country: A Retrospective Study from a Level 1Trauma Center

Mollazehi

El‐Menyar

Mekkodathil

et al. 2020

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Background: Violence is a global public health problem leading to injuries, long-term physical, sexual or mental health problems and mortality. The burden of violence-related injuries remains understudied in the Arabian Gulf region. The present study aimed to describe the epidemiology of hospitalized violence-related injuries in Qatar. Methods: A retrospective analysis of trauma registry data from a level 1 trauma center was conducted by including all patients presented to the hospital following violence-related injuries in the duration between June 2010 and June 2017. We analyzed and compared the hospitalized interpersonal and self-inflicted violence groups.Results: The hospitalization rate of violence-related injuries was 4.6 per 100,000 population per year; it was significantly higher in males (5.5/100,000 males/year vs. 1.8/100,000 females/year) and in younger population, specifically in the 25-34 years age-group (41%). South Asians constituted 55% of the affected study population. Interpersonal violence (76.7%) was the commonest type of violence. Significant differences between interpersonal and self-inflicted violence were evident especially the type of trauma (i.e. blunt or penetrating), injured body regions, alcohol use, injury severity, intubation and psychiatric referrals (p<0.05). Overall in-hospital mortality was 6.4%; higher rate was reported in females (16% vs.5%, p=0.001). Outcomes including length of hospital stay and mortality were comparable regardless of the type of violence. Multivariable analysis showed that male gender and Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) positivity were predictors for interpersonal violence whereas Injury Severity Score and Glasgow Coma Scale were predictors of mortality among violence patients.Conclusions: The rate of hospitalization for violence-related injuries in Qatar is low; however, its burden on the trauma system is of concern. Although it comprised only 9.6% of the study population, females are more likely to get hospitalized following self-inflicted injuries when compared to interpersonal violence. Disproportionate burden of violence in the South Asians and young population warrants an evidence-based public health approach in violence prevention to well address the risk factors.

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Violence among Adolescents in Qatar: Results from the Global School-based Student Health Survey, 2011

Cited by 12 publications

References 20 publications

Involvement in Physical Fights among School Attending Adolescents: A Nationally Representative Sample from Kuwait

Involvement in Physical Fights among School Attending Adolescents: A Nationally Representative Sample from Kuwait

Violence –related injuries in a rapidly developing Middle Eastern country: a retrospective study from a level 1 trauma center

Violence –related injuries in a rapidly developing Middle Eastern country: A Retrospective Study from a Level 1Trauma Center

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