The Quality of Life of Maltreated Children and Influencing Factors: A Prospective Study

Follow‐up protocol was useful for children whose parents attended emergency departments after partner violence, substance abuse or a suicide attempt

“…It could be that problems will arise even later in adolescence or adulthood. For example, in a study of maltreated Dutch children who were reported to the Reporting Centre, quality of life, measured with the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 questionnaire, just like in the present study, increased at first, but decreased thereafter (26).…”