CTDA 1010: Posttraumatic Stress in Children Age 6 to 16 Hospitalized for Accident-Related Injury and Their Parents, Australia, 2000-2004 (ICPSR 39198)
Version Date: May 27, 2025 View help for published
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Justin Kenardy, University of Queensland
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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39198.v1
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Trajectory modeling can identify patterns of posttraumatic stress symptoms in children and parents. This study aimed to describe trajectories of child and parent posttraumatic stress symptoms across 2 years post-injury, and to examine potential risk factors predicting problematic trajectories. The study enrolled children age 7 to 16 admitted to general or intensive care units for treatment of accidental injury, and one parent/caregiver per child. Within 2 weeks of injury, and at 4-6 weeks, 6 months, and (a subset) at 2 years post-injury, children and parents were assessed for posttraumatic stress symptoms. Parents also completed measures of parenting behavior and pre-injury child mental health.
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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.
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This project is intended to be used in cross-study analysis with other child trauma datasets.
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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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The current dataset has 151 cases. Several published articles from this study refer to different case counts. The CTDA team does not have information regarding the difference in N.
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Trajectory analyses were used to differentiate patterns of posttraumatic stress symptoms in parents following child accidental injury and explore the relationship between parent and child recovery patterns. Parent self-reported symptoms where examined between 3 to 4 timepoints to (1) identify distinct parent symptoms trajectories; (2) identify risk factors; and (3) explore the patterns of children and parents together.
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Children age 6 to 16 admitted to general or intensive care pediatric units following an accidental injury for a minimum overnight stay, and their caregivers were eligible for the study. Children with head injuries and those with injuries following interpersonal violence were not included in the study. Participants were recruited within 1-3 days of the child's hospital admission. Families were sent the self-report questionnaire to be completed by the child and parent. Additionally, families were contacted by telephone to arrange home-based clinical interviews. Follow-up data were collected at 4-6 weeks and up to 6 months post-injury. A subsample also completed questionnaires 2 years post-injury.
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Children admitted to the hospital for accidental injury, and their parents.
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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 (e.g., 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 and discharge
- Demographics: child/adolescent age, sex, race/ethnicity, year of school; parent/caregiver sex, age, race/ethnicity, relationship status, relation to child/adolescent
- Stress items: emotions, cognitions, and behaviors experienced during and following the incident (e.g., isolation, numbness, dissociation, poor memory, nightmares)
- Mental health symptoms: depression, anxiety, self-esteem, nervousness
- Parenting skills, attitudes, and parent-child relationship quality
- Problem-solving items
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- Injury Severity Score (ISS)
- Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV: Child and Parent versions
- Spence Child Anxiety Scale (SCAS)
- Child Impact of Event Scale (CIES)
- Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
- Impact of Event Scale (IES)
- General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) - 28 item
- Parent Support - Control Questionnaire (PSCQ)
- Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS)
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2025-05-27
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2025-05-27 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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