Table 2. Distribution of questions about the attention of interviewed mothers on accidents in childhood before and after the
educational intervention (n=155). Imperatriz, Brazil, 2015.
Questions
Intervention
Before P-value
n (%)
After
n (%)
What accidents are
Group of diseases that may or may not cause death
Group of random lesions that may or may not lead to death
Group of non-accidental injury that may or may not lead to death
8 (14.5)
144 (80.0)
3 (5.5)
5 (9.1)
150 (90.9)
0 (0.0)
0.000a
Accidents can be prevented
Yes
No
152 (94.5)
3 (5.5)
154 (98.2)
1 (1.8)
0.322b
Which of the following injury is more frequent with children
Drownings
Poisoning by medicines, cleaning products, plants, etc.
Falls
Burns
12 (21.8)
5 (9.1)
133 (60.0)
5 (9.1)
0 (0.0)
2 (3.6)
146 (83.6)
7 (12.7)
0.000a
Source: Primary. Notes:aChi-square test for linear trend; b
Fischer's exact test.
After the educational intervention, the major differences of knowledge of the subjects were related to the following
items: accidents are a group of random lesions that may or may not cause death (from 80.0% to 90.9%), falls are the
most frequent accidents with children (from 60.0% to 83.6%).