CTDA 1022: Posttraumatic Stress in Children Age 7 to 17 Seen in Hospital for Acute Injury, Australia, 2004-2006 (ICPSR 39196)

Version Date: Sep 18, 2024

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Principal Investigator(s):
Reginald D. V. Nixon, Flinders University

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39196.v1

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Summary

The broad aims of this overall project were to examine predictors of children's adjustment, mainly post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), after a single-incident injury. The overarching hypothesis was that a combination of physiological/biological, cognitive, and parental anxiety factors would predict children's later adjustment. The dataset in this collection comes from the combination of two broad projects that recruited from the same hospitals, with the first (smaller) project being built upon by the second project (which contained additional measures and an additional follow-up).

Children and adolescents aged 7 to 17 and their families (n=135) were recruited for the study after presentation to either of two major metropolitan Australian hospitals following a single-incident injury. Children's heart rate was recorded at hospital triage. Children and parents completed risk screening measures within 4 weeks of injury. Measures for cognitive appraisals, social support, traumatic stress, depression, and anxiety symptoms were assessed at 3 months and 6 months post-injury.

Citation

Nixon, Reginald D. V. CTDA 1022: Posttraumatic Stress in Children Age 7 to 17 Seen in Hospital for Acute Injury, Australia, 2004-2006. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-09-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39196.v1

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Funding

Australian Rotary Health Research Fund, Australian Research Council, United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R03 HD092720)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Restrictions

Access to these data requires a signed Researcher Application which is available to download as study documentation.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2004 -- 2007

Date of Collection

2004 -- 2007

Data Collection Notes

  1. This project is part of the Child Trauma Data Archives (CTDA). For more information, please visit the CTDA series website and refer to the Collection Notes document under the Data and Documentation tab.

  2. This project is intended to be used in cross-study analysis with other child trauma datasets.

  3. Some documentation may reflect a previous version of the study title and P.I. affiliations. For the latest metadata, please see this study homepage.

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Study Purpose

The purpose of this study was to examine indicators of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents who had experienced single-incident trauma.

Study Design

Recruitment took place in two major metropolitan Australian hospitals, specifically emergency departments and pediatric inpatient units. Parents or caregivers were approached by hospital staff to determine interest in participation. Following screening and informed consent, children and up to two parents/caregivers completed the initial study measures either in a face-to-face interview (for younger children and those hospitalized with serious injuries), by phone, or by mail (if not admitted or discharged prior to screening). Data collection was repeated at 3 months and 6 months post-injury.

Sample

Children were eligible for the study if they were involved in a potentially distressing or traumatic event within the past 4 weeks, were 7 to 17 years old, did not experience moderate or severe head injury, and were not experiencing ongoing trauma (e.g., exposure to domestic violence).

All participants were eligible to complete initial and 3-month follow-up assessments, but due to funding limitations, 30 participants were not eligible nor invited to complete the 6-month follow-up.

Time Method

Longitudinal

Universe

Children/adolescents presenting to hospital after injury, and their families.

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual (Child, Parent/Caregiver)

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Description of Variables

Variables in Child Trauma Data Archive (CTDA) datasets have been standardized for cross-study analysis. For variable naming conventions, please refer to the CTDA Data Manual.

  • Study-level metadata: study title and P.I., series ID, methodology (weights, recruitment setting type)
  • Traumatic event descriptors: injury type/cause, degree of exposure (i.e., direct or indirect), injury circumstance, year of event, length of time in hospital, child's pulse at triage
  • Demographics: child/adolescent age, sex, race/ethnicity; parent/caregiver sex, race/ethnicity, education level, relationship status, relation to child/adolescent
  • Stress items: emotions, cognitions, and behaviors experienced by the child/adolescent during and following the incident (e.g., isolation, numbness, dissociation, poor memory, nightmares)
  • Previous instances of trauma experienced by the child
  • Mental health symptoms: depression, anxiety, self-esteem, suicidal ideation, nervousness, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (including caregivers' PTSD and anxiety symptoms)
  • Perceived social support
  • Parenting skills, attitudes, and parent-child relationship quality

Presence of Common Scales

  • Screening Tool for Early Predictors of PTSD (STEPP)
  • Acute Stress Checklist for Children (ASC-Kids)
  • Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS)
  • Children's Depression Inventory (CDI)
  • Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for Children and Adolescents (CAPS-CA)
  • Child Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (CPTCI)
  • Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS)
  • Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS)
  • State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)
  • Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS)
  • Parent-Child Relationships Inventory (PCRI)

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Original Release Date

2024-09-18

Version History

2024-09-18 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

  • One or more files in this data collection have special restrictions. Restricted data files are not available for direct download from the website; click on the Restricted Data button to learn more.