遊園地の子供たちのための表面と設備の安全性
1Department of Child Health, University of Wales College of Medicine Academic Centre, Llandough Hospital, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, UK.
Lancet (London, England)
|June 28, 1997
まとめ
遊び場の安全性は極めて重要です. ゴムや皮の表面は,コンクリートと比較して,子供の怪我を大幅に軽減します. マンキーバーと過剰な機器の高さは骨折のリスクを高め,より安全な設計基準を必要とします.
科学分野:
- 小児医療の安全性について
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
背景:
- 遊び場の安全性は,子供の怪我を予防するために不可欠です.
- 現存する研究では,現実世界の流行病学的データが欠けていることが多い.
- この研究では,イギリスのカーディフの遊び場の表面,設備の種類,高さの安全性を調査しました.
研究 の 目的:
- 異なる遊び場の表面の安全性を評価する.
- さまざまなタイプの遊び場設備と高さに関連した怪我のリスクを評価する.
- 改善された遊び場の安全基準のためのデータを提供する.
主な方法:
- カーディフで負傷した330人の子供 (0~14歳) の相関研究.
- 病院の記録と親のインタビューの分析.
- 怪我率は,遊び場の表面,機器の種類,そして転落の高さと相関しています.
主要な成果:
- コンクリート表面の傷害率は,樹皮やゴムよりも大幅に高かった (p < 0.001).
- ゴム表面は傷害のリスクが最も低く,樹皮の半分,コンクリートの5分の1でした.
- マンキーバーは,クライミングフレームの2倍,スイング/スライドの7倍という怪我のリスクをもたらし,機器の高さは骨折と相関していた (p = 0.005).
結論:
- 傷害率が低いため,公共の遊び場にはゴムと樹皮の表面が推奨されます.
- ゴムで覆われた表面は,樹皮,特に骨折に対して,より優れた保護を提供します.
- マンキーバーは避けるべきであり,安全基準は疫学データを用いて更新され,落下高度制限も考慮されるべきである.
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