Objectives: Hospitalizations and surgeries for extremity fractures in childhood after emergency admissions have increased steadily. One-third of under seventeen-year-old children have at least one fracture; most are on the extremity. The relationship between weather conditions and children’s fractures is well known. This study aims to reveal the effects of weather conditions and holidays on preschool and primary school children’s (2-12-year-old) extremity fractures.
Methods: All children between 2 and 12 years old and extremity fractures during the decade of 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2018 were included in the present study. The population was studied in two groups: pre-school and primary school. Monthly meteorological information, holidays, and fracture numbers were compared.
Results: There was a significant relationship between all extremity fractures and monthly average temperature, warm days, and hot days. A negative correlation was detected between cold days and all upper-lower extremity fractures. Both groups had a positive correlation between hot days and upper extremity and total fracture numbers. Both groups had no correlation between fracture numbers and monthly holiday numbers.
Conclusions: We researched the effects of monthly average temperature and the number of holidays on preschool and primary school children. Results show that there is a close relationship between temperature and fracture numbers. Fracture incidence is increasing not only on warm days, as stated in the literature, but also on hot days. We found no correlation in our study between the number of holidays and the number of fractures.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Clinical Sciences |
Journal Section | Research Articles |
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Publication Date | May 29, 2023 |
Submission Date | March 20, 2023 |
Published in Issue | Year 2023 Volume: 1 Issue: 2 |