Psychosocial problems of children whose parents visit the emergency department due to intimate partner violence, substance abuse or a suicide attempt

Abstract

We found no differences in psychosocial problems between children whose parents visited the emergency department due to partner violence, substance abuse or suicide attempt and children from community samples. Because 35% of the children scored in the range of post-traumatic stress disorder, we advise healthcare providers to pay attention to post-traumatic stress symptoms.

A Theoretical and Empirical Linkage between Road Accidents and Binge Eating Behaviors in Adolescence

“…These findings highlight the importance of screening for BEbs among adolescents with frequent access to EDpts unrelatedly to their stated reason for the visit [ 18 ]. Moreover, all measures used were widely validated, even in such stressful settings as EDpts [ 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 ].…”

Follow‐up protocol was useful for children whose parents attended emergency departments after partner violence, substance abuse or a suicide attempt

“…In short, the overall response rate of the first assessment was 36–52%, as most of the nonparticipation was not due to the refusal of the families but to logistical reasons. Overall, we suspect that there may have been some underestimation of reported psychosocial problems . At the one‐year follow‐up, we were not able to reach half of the families lost to follow‐up because telephone numbers and home addresses changed often and the other half of the families refused to participate, mainly because they did not want to be reminded of the emergency visit again.…”

“…During the first assessment, the children who took part did not experience more psychosocial problems than community samples , but we hypothesised that children might develop more problems in the future. However, at the one‐year follow‐up, the children's reports of their psychosocial status were similar to their first assessment or a little better.…”

“…In short, the overall response rate of the first assessment was 36-52%, as most of the nonparticipation was not due to the refusal of the families but to logistical reasons. Overall, we suspect that there may have been some underestimation of reported psychosocial problems (6). At the one-year follow-up, we were not able to reach half of the families lost to follow-up because telephone numbers and home Table 3 Psychosocial problems (post-traumatic stress levels -CRIES-13*; anxiety and depression -RCADS † ; behavioural problems -CBCL ‡ , YSR § ; and health-related quality of life -PedsQL ¶ ) of children participating at one-year follow-up compared to the first assessment.…”

“…Therefore, we need to be very careful in interpreting these results. Causes and possible consequences of the response rate of the first assessment have been described elsewhere (6). In short, the overall response rate of the first assessment was 36-52%, as most of the nonparticipation was not due to the refusal of the families but to logistical reasons.…”