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An Instrument for the Recording of Student Health Complaints
Author(s) -
Rice D. Michael
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1978.tb03837.x
Subject(s) - complaint , listing (finance) , school health , medicine , data collection , family medicine , occupational safety and health , psychology , medical education , statistics , mathematics , finance , pathology , political science , law , economics
This study described the development and uses of an instrument for the systematic collection of student health complaints in school. A booklet was prepared listing all student's names for one rural elementary school. A code to indicate date, class period, complaint, and outcome was utilized for collecting data. After a 2.5 month trial period, data were analyzed. The findings revealed 418 visits to the school health room — range of visits by classroom was 3 to 71 — most visits were for stomach ache or physical injury — one classroom accounted for 16% of all visits — fourth and sixth grades had a significantly larger number of visits than grades three, five, and seven.