Injuries and well-being among adolescents in Finland from 2013 to 2021.
Injuries lead to heath loss, disability, and significant costs. The aim of this study was to evaluate self-reported home and leisure injuries outside school by the 8th and 9th graders in Finnish secondary schools, and potential explanatory factors associated with their injuries. Data were gathered o...
| Published in: | European Journal of Public Health Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 91 - 98 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Feb2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=191655778&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 191655778 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 11011262 BHW jtl: European Journal of Public Health issn: 11011262 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2026 vid: 36 iid: 1 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 191655778 191655778 191655778 10.1093/eurpub/ckaf171 191655778 ppf: 91 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Injuries and well-being among adolescents in Finland from 2013 to 2021. aug: au: Korpilahti, Ulla Koivisto, Mari Partonen, Timo Haikonen, Kari Hakulinen, Tuovi Lillsunde, Pirjo Rautava, Päivi Koivusilta, Leena affil: Promotional and Preventive Work Unit, Department of Healthcare and Social Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, FinlandInstitute of Clinical Medicine (Public Health), School of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland sug: subj: Psychological Well-Being In Adolescence Wounds and Injuries Trends Adolescent Health Students, High School Schools, Secondary Self Report Wounds and Injuries Risk Factors Risk Assessment Leisure Activities Home Environment Human Finland Secondary Analysis Athletic Injuries Risk Factors Alcohol Abuse Complications Substance Abuse Complications Anxiety Complications Sex Factors Risk Taking Behavior Family Relations Interpersonal Relations Housing Adolescence Male Female Loneliness Descriptive Statistics Logistic Regression Odds Ratio Confidence Intervals Data Analysis Software Cycling Injuries Risk Factors Multivariate Analysis Cross Sectional Studies Conceptual Framework Unemployment Emotions Questionnaires Adolescent: 13-18 years Male Female ab: Injuries lead to heath loss, disability, and significant costs. The aim of this study was to evaluate self-reported home and leisure injuries outside school by the 8th and 9th graders in Finnish secondary schools, and potential explanatory factors associated with their injuries. Data were gathered on 383 550 pupils in cross-sectional surveys (every second school year) done between years 2013 and 2021. Associations between injuries and the explanatory variables were assessed using logistic regression analysis. Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model and the KINDL-R health-related quality of life measurement were used as the framework for this study. Nearly a third of the respondents (n = 120 494, 31.4%) had been injured one or more times during leisure time or at home. The most common injuries among all respondents were sport-related injuries (19.8%), other injuries sustained during leisure time (13.8%) and at home or nearby (9.4%). The use of safety equipment was quite low. The potential risk for injuries was highest among those who were severely anxious, those who often consumed enough alcohol to become heavily drunk, those who had tried or used drugs before, and adolescents of foreign background who had been born abroad. Adolescents with no close friends had a lower association with injury. Boys were more likely to sustain injuries than girls. Injuries suffered in leisure time and at home were linked to risky behaviour, emotional well-being, social and family relationships, and housing. Professionals in preventive work need to take the complex factors behind injuries into account. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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