TY - JOUR
T1 - Can children predict psychological recovery after injury?
AU - Alisic, Eva
AU - Mangelsdorf, Shaminka N.
AU - Schilpzand, Elizabeth J.
AU - Barrett, Anna
AU - Landolt, Markus A.
AU - Mehl, Matthias R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/9/26
Y1 - 2019/9/26
N2 - While children’s voice is core to paediatric care, their own assessment of future psychological needs is underexplored. We conducted a prospective observational study among children hospitalised for injury in Melbourne, Australia. Their expectations of psychological recovery at baseline (in hospital) were significant and substantial predictors of their quality of life and post-traumatic stress 6 weeks later, suggesting potential diagnostic value.
AB - While children’s voice is core to paediatric care, their own assessment of future psychological needs is underexplored. We conducted a prospective observational study among children hospitalised for injury in Melbourne, Australia. Their expectations of psychological recovery at baseline (in hospital) were significant and substantial predictors of their quality of life and post-traumatic stress 6 weeks later, suggesting potential diagnostic value.
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U2 - 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317709
DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317709
M3 - Article
C2 - 31558446
AN - SCOPUS:85072752112
SN - 0003-9888
VL - 105
SP - 1200
EP - 1202
JO - Archives of Disease in Childhood
JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood
IS - 12
ER -