Incident psychiatric comorbidity following stress disorder diagnoses in Danish school-aged children: prospective population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prospective population-based studies of psychiatric comorbidity following trauma and severe stress exposure in children are limited.

Aims

To examine incident psychiatric comorbidity following stress disorder diagnoses in Danish school-aged children using Danish national healthcare system registries.

Method

Children (6-15 years of age) with a severe stress or adjustment disorder (ICD-10) between 1995 and 2011 (n = 11 292) were followed prospectively for an average of 5.8 years. Incident depressive, anxiety and behavioural disorder diagnoses were examined relative to an age- and gender-matched comparison cohort (n = 56 460) using Cox proportional hazards regression models. Effect modification by gender was examined through stratified analyses.

Results

SUBMITTER: Basu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7242129 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature