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Behavioural characteristics associated with dog bites to children presenting to an urban trauma centre
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Children are the most frequent victims of dog bites presenting to hospital emergency departments (ED), but there are gaps in understanding of the circumstances of such bites. The objective of this study was to characterise the behavioural circumstances of dog bites by interviewing children ≤17 years (or parent proxies for children ≤6 years) presenting with dog bite injuries to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia about the bite incident, its setting and associated interactions. Of 203 children enrolled, 51% were <7 years old and 55% were male. 72% of children knew the biting dog. Most bites to younger children occurred during positive interactions, initiated by the child, with stationary, familiar dogs, indoors. Most older bitten children had been active (eg, outdoors), unfamiliar with the dog and not interacting. Whereas face bites predominated (70%) in the younger group (<7 years), bites to extremities predominated (72%) in the older group. Recognition of the two distinctive behavioural and circumstantial subgroups of dog bites that emerged can lead to more effective prevention strategies.
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Reisner et al. reported 72% of the 203 cases were caused by family dogs.
“Reisner et al. reported 72% of the 203 cases [20].”
From Burden of Paediatric Dog Bite Injuries on the Emergency Department of an English Coastal Town (2025) · cites this paper as [20]
Seemingly benign child-dog interactions can result in head and face bite injuries.
“Seemingly benign child-dog interactions can result in head and face bite injuries [20].”
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Bite injuries to extremities were more likely seen in children aged over seven because of their increased height and limbs being in most proximity to the dog.
“Bite injuries to extremities were more likely seen in children aged over seven because of their increased height and limbs being in most proximity to the dog [19, 20].”
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Older children were more likely to be bitten by unfamiliar dogs without interaction.
“Older children were more likely to be bitten by unfamiliar dogs without interaction [20].”
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Parents were mostly present (84%) when preschool children sustained dog bites.
“Parents were mostly present (84%) when preschool children sustained dog bites [20].”
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Children are more likely to sustain bites to the head and neck, while adults are more likely to sustain bites to the extremities.
“Several authors [14, 21, 32, 33] have noted that children are more likely to sustain bites to the head and neck, while adults are more likely to sustain bites to the extremities.”
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- Reisner, I. R., Nance, M. L., Zeller, J. S., Houseknecht, E. M., Kassam-Adams, N., & Wiebe, D. J.
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- Injury Prevention
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- BMJ
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- 2011-03-28
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- 17
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- 5
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- 348-353
- ISSN
- 1353-8047
- 1475-5785
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