Using Participant Event Monitoring in a Cohort Study of Unintentional Injuries Among Children and Adolescents

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ID11029012
AuthorsJ R Wilkins (J. R. Wilkins III is with the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. J. Mac Crawford is with the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. Lorann Stallones is with the Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins. At the time of the study, Kathleen M. Koechlin was with the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. Lei Shen is with the...), Jacqueline Wilkins (0009-0005-6286-559X, The Ohio State University), John Crawford (0000-0002-5780-0848, The Ohio State University), J Mac Crawford (J. R. Wilkins III is with the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. J. Mac Crawford is with the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. Lorann Stallones is with the Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins. At the time of the study, Kathleen M. Koechlin was with the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. Lei Shen is with the...), Lorann Stallones (0000-0001-7616-582X, J. R. Wilkins III is with the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. J. Mac Crawford is with the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. Lorann Stallones is with the Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins. At the time of the study, Kathleen M. Koechlin was with the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. Lei Shen is with the...), Kathleen M Koechlin (J. R. Wilkins III is with the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. J. Mac Crawford is with the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. Lorann Stallones is with the Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins. At the time of the study, Kathleen M. Koechlin was with the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. Lei Shen is with the...), Kathleen Koechlin (The Ohio State University), Lei Shen (0000-0001-8121-0808, J. R. Wilkins III is with the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. J. Mac Crawford is with the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. Lorann Stallones is with the Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins. At the time of the study, Kathleen M. Koechlin was with the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. Lei Shen is with the...), John R Hayes (The Ohio State University), John Hayes (0000-0002-9064-6571, J. R. Wilkins III is with the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. J. Mac Crawford is with the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. Lorann Stallones is with the Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins. At the time of the study, Kathleen M. Koechlin was with the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. Lei Shen is with the...), Thomas L Bean (J. R. Wilkins III is with the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. J. Mac Crawford is with the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. Lorann Stallones is with the Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins. At the time of the study, Kathleen M. Koechlin was with the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus. Lei Shen is with the...)
Year2007
Volume97
Issue2
Pages283-290
Publication date2007-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2005.077172
PMID17194864
PMCIDPMC1781386
OpenAlexW2052376329
LanguageEN
References cited35

Objectives. We conducted a 3-year cohort study of 407 youths aged 9 to 18 years to develop multivariable risk prediction models of agriculture-related injuries. Methods. Data were obtained via participant event monitoring, with youths self-reporting injuries and exposures in daily diaries over a 13-week period. We evaluated data quality by comparing injury self-reports with other injury data. Results. Semilogarithmic plots of rates of all unintentional injuries combined (US data from 2000) as well as of agriculture-related injuries (US and Canadian data from 19 previous studies) graphed as a function of injury severity exhibited linearity, as did plots based on the present results. Severity-specific unintentional injury rates were 1.4- to 4.3-times higher than national rates, suggesting that our methodology can significantly reduce injury underreporting. In addition, at each severity level, estimated agriculture-related injury rates were 5.8- to 9.3-times higher than rates from previous national, regional, and state-based studies. Conclusions. Our approach to participant event monitoring can be implemented with youths aged 9 to 18 years and will yield reliable daily data on unintentional injuries

Cohort · Cohort study · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Injury surveillance · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Suicide prevention · Agriculture and Farm Safety · Demography · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Occupational Health and Safety Research

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