Functional status impairment at six-month follow-up is independently associated with child physical abuse mechanism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children with abusive injuries have worse mortality, length-of-stay, complications, and healthcare costs compared to those sustaining an accidental injury. Long-term functional impairment is common in children with abusive head trauma but has not been examined in a cohort with heterogeneous body region injuries.

Objective

To assess for an independent association between child physical abuse and functional impairment at discharge and six-month follow-up.

Participants and setting

Seriously injured children (<15 years) treated at seven pediatric trauma centers.

Methods

Functional status was compared between child physical abuse and accidental injury groups at discharge and six-month follow-up. Functional impairment was defined at discharge ("new domain

SUBMITTER: Jensen AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11393606 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature