Association of Parental Mental Illness With Child Injury Occurrence, Hospitalization, and Death During Early Childhood.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Injury is a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide. Serious mental illness (SMI) is a major contributor to the global burden of disease.

Objective

To compare injury event rates in children from birth to 5 years of age among Taiwanese children with and without parents with SMI, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based, retrospective cohort study of an 11-year Taiwanese birth cohort used data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (covering 99% of Taiwanese citizens), the Maternal and Child Health Database, and birth and death certificate databases. The study included 1 999 322 singletons with Taiwanese citizenship born from Janu

SUBMITTER: Yang SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7309091 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature