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  • Brief Report: Children's Responses to Trauma- and Nontrauma-related Hospital Admission: A Comparison Study

    Author(s)
    Murray, Belinda L
    Kenardy, Justin A
    Spence, Susan H
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Spence, Susan H H.
    Year published
    2008
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    Abstract
    This study aims to investigate and compare psychological responses in children and parents 1 month after trauma- and nontrauma-related hospital admission. Methods Two hundred and five children aged 7-16 years (and their parents) were assessed for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), other psychopathology, and distress 1 month after trauma-related (Trauma Group; n챰1) and nontrauma-related hospital admission (Non-Trauma Group; n챰4). Results Clinically elevated PTSD symptom levels were more prevalent in children admitted for trauma-related (18%) than nontrauma-related reasons (4%). Parents also experienced posttraumatic distress, ...
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    This study aims to investigate and compare psychological responses in children and parents 1 month after trauma- and nontrauma-related hospital admission. Methods Two hundred and five children aged 7-16 years (and their parents) were assessed for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), other psychopathology, and distress 1 month after trauma-related (Trauma Group; n챰1) and nontrauma-related hospital admission (Non-Trauma Group; n챰4). Results Clinically elevated PTSD symptom levels were more prevalent in children admitted for trauma-related (18%) than nontrauma-related reasons (4%). Parents also experienced posttraumatic distress, although rates of clinically elevated symptom levels did not differ between the Trauma (11%) and Non-Trauma (8%) groups. Other pathology and distress in children and parents were comparable across groups. Conclusions Children experienced greater posttraumatic distress following trauma-related hospital admission, while parents' experience of their child's hospitalization is equally distressing regardless of the reason for admission.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Pediatric Psychology
    Volume
    33
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsm078
    Subject
    Psychology not elsewhere classified
    Psychology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/33427
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