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Table 1 Child’s injury status and mother’s injury prevention information preferences (n=675)

From: Association between obtaining injury prevention information and maternal and child health services during COVID-19

  

Child Age

value of F orχ2

p

All

0 years

1 year

2 years

Year and month of birth

 

April 2021–Feb 2022

April 2020 –March 2021

April 2019 –March 2020

n

675

192

242

241

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

mean

SD

mean

SD

mean

SD

mean

SD

Mother’s age

32.3

4.51

31.2a

4.58

32.3

4.35

33.1

4.46

9.56

<.001*

Medically attended injury (all previous experience)

167

24.7

45

23.4

54

22.3

68

28.2

2.50

0.286

When mothers first want to know about injury prevention

 Pregnancy

356

52.7

111

57.8

130

53.7

115

47.7

18.70

0.017

 1 month

89

13.2

26

13.5

34

14.0

29

13.2

  

 3–4 months

122

18.1

38

19.8

42

17.4

42

17.4

  

 After 1 year

69

10.2

14

7.3

20

8.3

35

14.5

  

 Do not want to know

39

5.8

3

1.6

16

6.6

20

8.3

  

What mothers want to know

 Frequent injuries by age and their prevention

556

87.4

170

89.9

201

88.9

185

83.7

4.34

0.114

 General environmental modification

414

65.1

124

65.6

145

64.2

145

65.6

0.14

0.935

 Individual environmental modification

233

36.6

79b

41.8

88

38.9

66

29.9

7.05

0.029

How mothers want to be informed (face-to-face and non-face-to-face)

 Antenatal class, health checkups

342

50.7

96

50.0

136

56.2

110

45.6

5.43

0.066

 Magazine

294

43.6

83

43.2

107

44.2

104

43.2

0.07

0.967

 Stories from senior mothers

234

34.7

75

39.1

80

33.1

79

32.8

2.29

0.318

 Home visit or consultation at the counter by PHN or midwife

203

30.1

65

33.9

66

27.3

72

29.9

2.21

0.331

 Individual consultation via Zoom or LINE

95

14.1

32

16.7

37

15.3

26

10.8

3.51

0.173

 Lectures by Zoom

63

9.3

23b

12.0

29b

12.0

11

4.6

10.07

0.006

 YouTube video

205

30.4

71b

37.0

80b

33.1

54

22.4

12.02

0.002

 Simultaneous transmission by e-mail or LINE

144

21.3

39

20.3

53

21.9

52

21.6

0.17

0.917

Preferred non-face-to-face media (digital media) ※up to two

 LINE

494

73.2

139

72.4

172

71.1

183

75.9

1.54

0.463

 YouTube

278

41.2

99b

51.6

101

41.7

78

32.4

16.31

<.001

 E-mail

111

16.4

20c

10.4

43

17.8

48

19.9

7.50

0.024

 Local government website

107

15.9

24

12.5

38

15.7

45

18.7

3.06

0.217

 X (formerly Twitter)

101

15.0

27

14.1

37

15.3

37

15.4

0.17

0.918

 Zoom

45

6.7

21b

10.9

13

5.4

11

4.6

7.99

0.018

 Facebook

18

2.7

2

1.0

6

2.5

10

4.1

4.03

0.133

 Other

6

0.9

0

0.0

4

1.7

2

0.8

3.34

0.189

  1. PHN Public health nurse
  2. *analysis of variance
  3. aSignificantly younger than the 1-year and 2-year age groups
  4. bSignificantly more than the 2-year age group
  5. cSignificantly less than the 2-year age group