Accidental ingestion of foreign bodies/harmful materials in children from Bahrain: A retrospective cohort study

Table 3 Scenario of foreign body/material ingestion in children (n = 131)

Ingestion scenario	Total, n = 1311 (100)	FB, n = 90 (68.7)	Caustic, n = 27 (20.6)	Medication, n = 14 (10.7)	P valuea
While playing	53 (40.5)	50 (55.6)	3 (11.1)	0 (0.0)	< 0.001b
Unsafe storage	46 (35.1)	13 (14.4)	26 (96.3)	7 (50)	< 0.001b
Missing objects	18 (13.7)	12 (13.3)	0 (0.0)	6 (42.9)	< 0.001b
Told by patient/relative	13 (9.9)	12 (13.3)	0 (0.0)	1 (7.1)	0.118
Accidental ingestion	4 (3.1)	4 (4.4)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0.391
Incidental finding on X-ray	3 (2.3)	3 (3.3)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0.497
Food bolus impaction	3 (2.3)	3 (3.3)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0.497
Suicidal attempt	1 (0.07)	0 (0.0)	1 (3.7)	0 (0.0)	0.144

¹Some patients had more than one scenario.

^aPearson’s χ².

^bIndicating a statistically significant difference with P < 0.05.

Data are presented as number (%). FB: Foreign body.