Title

Epidemiology and clinical outcomes of unintentional injuries among children in Central India

Authors

Rishika Raghuwanshi¹, Akanksha Tomar², Meena Gautam², Rajesh Tiwari², Vaishali Soni³, Narayan Raghuwanshi⁴ & Abhishek Singh^5,*

Affiliation

¹Department of Community Medicine, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government Medical College, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India; ²Department of Community Medicine, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India; ³Department of Community Medicine, Bundelkhand Medical College, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India; ⁴Department of Community Medicine, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government Medical College, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India; ⁵Department of Community Medicine, Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati Government Medical College, Nuh, Haryana, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Rishika Raghuwanshi - E-mail: rishikaraghuwanshi060397@gmail.com

Akanksha Tomar - E-mail: akankshatomar6@gmail.com

Meena Gautam - E-mail: gautammeenu50@gmail.com

Rajesh Tiwari - E-mail: tiwaridrrajesh@yahoo.co.in

Vaishali Soni - E-mail: vaishalisoni737@gmail.com

Narayan Raghuwanshi - E-mail: tejraghuwannmc@gmail.com

Abhishek Singh - E-mail: drabhisheksingh@gmcmewat.ac.in

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received July 1, 2026; Revised July 31, 2026; Accepted July 31, 2026, Published July 31, 2026

Abstract

Unintentional injuries are a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. Therefore, it is of interest to examine the associations between key sociodemographic and environmental factors and major types of unintentional injuries and clinical outcomes among paediatric inpatients. This study was conducted among 306 children aged 0–14 years admitted with unintentional injuries to a tertiary care hospital in central India between September 2023 and August 2024. Among the major injury categories (n=277), injury patterns differed significantly by age (χ²=16.27, P=0.006), sex (χ²=33.34, P<0.001) and residence (χ²=17.75, P=0.003). Children aged ≤5 years were more likely to sustain falls, burns and poisoning, whereas road traffic accidents and animal-related injuries predominated among those aged >5 years. Thus, data shows the need for age- and context-specific injury prevention strategies, including improved home safety and supervision for younger children and targeted interventions to reduce rural hazards such as animal-related injuries and poisoning.

Keywords

Child, injuries, unintentional, paediatric trauma, risk factors, rural population

Citation

Raghuwanshi et al. Bioinformation 22(7): 4445-4448 (2026)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.