Physical Activity-Related Injuries and Risk Factors among Secondary School Students in Hong Kong

Weicong Cai, Yan Sun, Ke Peng, Heather Kwok, Lin Lei, Shing Wu, Chi Kei Lam, Liping Li and Yang Gao
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Weicong Cai: Department of Non-Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control, Shenzhen 518020, China
Yan Sun: Department of Sport and Physical Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
Ke Peng: The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2042, Australia
Heather Kwok: Department of Sport and Physical Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
Lin Lei: Department of Non-Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control, Shenzhen 518020, China
Shing Wu: Department of Sport and Physical Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
Chi Kei Lam: Department of Sport and Physical Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
Liping Li: Injury Prevention Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China
Yang Gao: Department of Sport and Physical Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 3, 1-11

Abstract: Increase in physical activity (PA) might elevate risks for physical activity-related injuries (PARIs). This study aimed to investigate the incidence rate and risk factors for PARIs among secondary school students in Hong Kong. All eligible students from three secondary schools were invited to participate in the study from November to December 2014. Information on PARI occurrences in the past 12 months, PA participation, and sociodemographics was collected. Multivariate and hierarchical logistic regression models were performed to estimate the risk of potential factors for PARIs. In total, 1916 students in forms 1–6 (aged 14.3 ± 1.7 years) completed valid questionnaires, with an overall yearly PARI incidence rate of 32.1% (boys: 34.3%; girls: 29.3%). There were sex differences in the risk factors identified, except that family size was associated with PARIs for all participants. Longer duration and higher intensity of PA increased the risk for PARI occurrences in both sexes. In conclusion, PARIs were prevalent among secondary school students in Hong Kong, and different sexes had different PARI incidence rates and were influenced by different risk factors. There is an urgent call for effective sex-specific interventions to prevent PARIs in this population.

Keywords: physical activity; sports injury; recreational injury; risk factor; secondary school; adolescent (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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