BACKGROUND: School-based injuries are an important public health problem. The study aimed to determine the incidence as well as outcomes of school-based injuries at a public primary school. METHODS: The sample of retrospective cohort study consisted of 2956 students enrolled to a public primary school at central district of Kocaeli province in @entity233 from 2010-2011 academic years to 2013-2014 academic years. The data was collected by intern public health nurses at School Health Units using school-based injury form. RESULTS: The total incidence of school-based injuries over four academic years was 10.52% @entity1 -year. The majority of the injured students were in 10-15 years (73.3%), and @entity1 (65%). Around one-tenth of the injuries were of serious type such as burn, @entity174 and soft-tissue injuries. Outdoor injuries were more prevalent for @entity1 while @entity1 had more indoor injuries (50.5%, 53.0%, p   >   0.05). It was twice or more times injuries increased as the academic year increased with a weak positive association between the variables (p   <   0.05, Cramer's V   =   0.311). One out of six injuries were intentional with highest prevalence in 6-9 years (20.5%) and @entity1 (19.8%) (p   >   0.05). CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed that school-based injuries at primary schools still challenge the health as well as the security of the students. This ar t icle is protected by copyr ight . Al l r ights reserved.

Incidence and outcomes of school-based injuries during four academic years in Kocaeli, XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['girls', 'person', 'boys'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fracture-dislocation'] @entity233 :: ('9103', 'Species') :: ['Turkey']
@entity233 :: (9103,Species) :: ['Turkey']
