Rrelationship between injury and psychosocial ability deficit among urban and rural middle school students

To examine the relationship between injury and psychosocial ability deficit among urban and rural middle school students in Liuzhou city of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.MethodsA total of 1 517 urban students and 717 rural students were selected from middle schools in Liuzhou city with stratified cluster sampling and surveyed with a questionnaire.ResultsThe prevalence of injuries in the rural students(30.82%)was significantly higher than that in the urban students(21.09%)(χ²=24.58,P<0.01).The prevalence of injuries in junior school students was 30.21% and higher than that in senior high school students(18.41%)(χ²=41.69,P<0.01);the male students had a higher injury prevalence than the famale students(29.67% vs 19.79%,χ²=28.86;P<0.01).The results of logistic regression analyses showed that admission of ability for adventure(odds ratio〔OR〕for urban students=1.74,OR for rural students=1.96),showing bravery(OR=2.30 for the urban,OR=3.01 for the rural),irritalility(OR=2.54 for the urban, OR=1.98 for the rural),strong dependency(OR=1.46 for the urban,OR=1.91 for the rural),and inclining to impulse (OR=2.10 for the urban,OR=2.01 for the rural)were the risk factors for injuries among the students.ConclusionThe occurrence of injury among middle school students is associated with psychosocial ability deficit.