Healthcare to parents of young terrorism survivors: a registry-based study in Norway.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To assess changes in parents' short-term and long-term primary and specialised healthcare consumption following a terrorist attack threatening the lives of their children. DESIGN:Registry-based study comparing parental healthcare service consumption in the 3 years before and the 3 years after a terrorist attack. SETTING:The aftermath of the Utøya terrorist attack. The regular, publicly funded, universal healthcare system in Norway. INTERVENTION:Parents learning of a terrorist attack on their adolescent and young adult children. PARTICIPANTS:Mothers (n=226) and fathers (n=141) of a total of 263 survivors of the Utøya terrorist attack (54.6% of all survivors 13-33 years, n=482). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:We report primary and specialised somatic and mental healthcare service consumpti

SUBMITTER: Haga JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5778306 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature