The Injury Behavior Checklist can be used to identify children at high risk for physical injury.
Behavior Checklist - 24 items:
Each item is scored from 0 to 4.
|
Frequency of Occurrence |
Points |
|
not at all |
0 |
|
very seldom (once or twice) |
1 |
|
sometimes (about once a month) |
2 |
|
pretty often (about once a week) |
3 |
|
very often (more than once a week) |
4 |
injury behavior checklist score =
= SUM(points for all 24 questions)
Interpretation:
• minimum score: 0
• maximum score: 96
• The score can separate the child with low-to-moderate risk from the child at high risk for injury.
|
Risk of Injury |
Mean Score |
Standard Deviation |
Mean +/- 2 SD |
|
low |
22 |
10.5 |
1 - 41 |
|
moderate |
24.4 |
9.7 |
5 - 43.8 |
|
high |
33.7 |
13.4 |
6.8 - 60.5 |
Specialty: Pedatrics, Surgery, general, Emergency Medicine, Surgery, orthopedic
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