Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents Following Traumatic Injury: A Review

Martin-Herz, Susanne P.; Zatzick, Douglas; McMahon, Robert J.

doi:10.1007/s10567-012-0115-x

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“…Up to 55% of severely injured children have physical disabilities 1 year after major trauma, and of those, up to 30% have persistent or potentially life‐long disability. Psychosocial problems in 20–50% of children post‐severe injury have been reported for at least 2 years after the injury even after controlling for age, gender and maternal socio‐economic status …”

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confidence: 99%

How is care provided for patients with paediatric trauma and their families in Australia? A mixed‐method study

Curtis

Foster

Mitchell

et al. 2016

J Paediatrics Child Health

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Aim: This study describes clinical staff opinions on the availability and suitability of resources to provide trauma care to children and their families and any perceived strengths, gaps and potential interventions to strengthen care. Methods: A mixed-method study was conducted in five Australian paediatric trauma centres. The trauma coordinator at each site participated in a structured interview to determine models of care and trauma activity at their site. This informed the development of an electronic survey, which sought staff opinion on child and family access to services and perceived gaps in care. Results: Five trauma coordinators were interviewed, and 214 clinicians (medical, nursing, allied health) from New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland completed the survey. Each site had a trauma director and coordinator, and there was variance in resource availability. Almost all survey participants (92.5%) considered their hospital met the physical needs of injured children, 68.2% thought that the psychosocial needs of children were met and 82.1% thought that the needs of families were met. The least accessible services reported were clinical psychology/family counselling, mental health and behaviour management services. No routine follow-up support services post-discharge for the child or their families were identified. Conclusion: Staff providing care for injured children report that physical needs are better met than psychosocial needs. There is variability in resource levels across paediatric trauma centres. A coordinated model of care that provides psychosocial care both during hospitalisation and post-discharge could reduce this gap in care for injured children and their families.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

How is care provided for patients with paediatric trauma and their families in Australia? A mixed‐method study

Curtis

Foster

Mitchell

et al. 2016

J Paediatrics Child Health

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“…Comprehensive information from hospital records, for example injury mechanism, type, severity, and treatments, is often available in addition to interview data. Such studies have provided the field with comprehensive knowledge on hospitalized trauma victims' physical and mental health, levels of functioning, quality of life and survivors' own experiences with the hospital care (Davydow, Katon, & Zatzick, 2009;Jenewein, Wittmann, Moergeli, Creutzig, & Schnyder, 2009;; Kendrick et al, 2018;Martin-Herz, Zatzick, & McMahon, 2012;Ogilvie, Foster, McCloughen, & Curtis, 2015b;van Delft-Schreurs et al, 2017;Zatzick, Russo, & Katon, 2003). Little is known about how less severely injured victims not admitted to hospital are coping after traumatic events.…”

Section: Physical Injurymentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychosocial care for hospitalized young survivors after the terror attack on Utøya Island: A qualitative study of the survivors’ experiences

Bugge

Jensen

Nilsen

et al. 2019

Injury

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The origin of the project One peaceful summer day in 2011, Friday the 22nd of July, Norway was hit by two devastating terrorist attacks. A man, dressed as a police officer, detonated a bomb outside the Oslo government building and then entered a political summer camp for adolescents and young adults at Utøya Island one hour's drive outside Oslo. Heavily armed, he hunted down and targeted the camp participants. The perpetrator killed 77 people, eight in the bomb attack and 69 in the Utøya shooting attack. In total, more than 150 victims sustained physical injuries. Ten survivors from the bomb attack and 33 survivors from the Utøya attack were hospitalized due to physical injuries at Oslo University Hospital (OUS) and at local hospitals situated near Utøya Island (Vestre Viken Hospital Trust). Since 2008, I had been working as a child and adolescent psychiatrist at OUS, Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Hospital (S-BUP). Through my daily work, I had met medically ill or injured children and adolescents struggling with how to live with their compromised bodies. Being at work during the critical days in July 2011, I became part of the psychosocial crisis team that was mobilized to handle the extraordinary situation. The psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, and social workers in the team contributed to providing psychosocial care for the hospitalized youths and their families. We sought to offer empathetic and practical support with a focus on rebuilding the feeling of safety and stabilization of affects and arousal. The team also provided support and supervision to the regular health care personnel. For me, many questions arose subsequently: Was our support helpful? What was important for the youths in this profoundly stressful situation? Would they cope with their challenges of distress and grief, and how would the psychological and physical trauma affect their health over time? Trond H. Diseth, who took part in organizing the psychosocial support in the hospital, and I applied for funding of this doctoral dissertation focusing on the physically injured survivors of the Utøya shooting attack. The project was developed as a part of the Utøya study led by principal investigator Grete Dyb at the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies (NKVTS). From August 2013, I started my PhD project and took part in the Utøya project group at NKVTS contributing to the conduction of the study. The Faculty of

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“…In all studied countries, the number of YLLs due to TIs in under-5-year-olds is higher than in 5-14-year olds, although the number of YLDs is greater in the 5-14-year old group. This is because in traffic accidents the risk of injuries and deaths in children is higher than in adolescents [ 24 ]. Fur thermore, mortality in younger age groups has a greater impact on the quantity of DALYs, due to this group being at a greater distance from the standard life expectancy.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…DALYs and YLLs due to TIs in individuals aged between 5-14 years old are lower than in the two other compared age groups in Iran. A greater awareness in adolescents about accidents than in children [ 17 , 25 ], a higher usage of safety instruments than in younger age groups [ 17 , 26 ], and a reduced vulnerability to injury could be factors in this disparity between children and adolescents [ 24 ]. Despite the higher number of DALYs and YLLs due to TIs among Iranian children, it should be noted that the burden of TIs as a percentage of total DALYs in adolescents is higher than in children, indicating that TIs impose a greater health burden on adolescents than children.…”

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confidence: 99%

Burden of transportation injuries among children and adolescents of Fars Province: analysis of Iran’s 20-year trends

et al. 2014

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OBJECTIVES:Transportation injuries are among the top ten causes of burden of disease in all age groups worldwide. The burden of transportation injuries among children and adolescents in Iran is higher than the world average and that of other developing countries. The aims of this study were to investigate the burden of transportation injuries in children and adolescents in the province of Fars in Iran from 2009 to 2013, and to report the burden of these kinds of injuries in children and adolescents in Iran from 1990 to 2010.METHODS:The number of deaths due to transportation injuries and the location of fatal injuries in the province of Fars in Iran from 2009 to 2013 were analyzed using data from the Fars Forensic Medicine Organization. The 20-year trend in the burden of transportation injuries in Iran was analyzed using data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.RESULTS:Similarly to the long-term trend in Iran, the burden of transportation injuries among the male population of Fars province was generally higher than in females. Most fatal accident injuries occurred on roads (males: n=4151, 61.51%; females: n=1182, 65.95%) and in urban areas (males: n=1994, 29.54%; females: n=473, 26.40%).CONCLUSIONS:Considering that children and adolescents are high risk groups for transportation injuries, adopting an effective comprehensive multi-sectoral approach, including enacting and enforcing appropriate laws and regulations, developing general knowledge, and facilitating the availability of Personal protective equipment, could be helpful for reducing the burden of these injuries.

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Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents Following Traumatic Injury: A Review

Cited by 56 publications

References 106 publications

How is care provided for patients with paediatric trauma and their families in Australia? A mixed‐method study

How is care provided for patients with paediatric trauma and their families in Australia? A mixed‐method study

Psychosocial care for hospitalized young survivors after the terror attack on Utøya Island: A qualitative study of the survivors’ experiences

Burden of transportation injuries among children and adolescents of Fars Province: analysis of Iran’s 20-year trends

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