Bandyopadhyay, A;
Tingay, K;
Akbari, A;
Griffiths, L;
Bedford, H;
Cortina-Borja, M;
Walton, S;
... Brophy, S; + view all
(2019)
Behavioural difficulties in early childhood and risk of adolescent injury.
Archives of Disease in Childhood
, 105
pp. 282-287.
10.1136/archdischild-2019-317271.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate long-term associations between early childhood hyperactivity and conduct problems (CP), measured using Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and risk of injury in early adolescence. Design Data linkage between a longitudinal birth cohort and routinely collected electronic health records. Setting Consenting Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) participants residing in Wales and Scotland. Patients 3119 children who participated in the age 5 MCS interview. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Children with parentreported SDQ scores were linked with hospital admission and Accident & Emergency (A&E) department records for injuries between ages 9 and 14 years. Negative binomial regression models adjusting for number of people in the household, lone parent, residential area, household poverty, maternal age and academic qualification, child sex, physical activity level and country of interview were fitted in the models. RESULTS: 46% of children attended A&E or were admitted to hospital for injury, and 11% had high/ abnormal scores for hyperactivity and CP. High/abnormal or borderline hyperactivity were not significantly associated with risk of injury, incidence rate ratio (IRR) with 95% CI of the high/abnormal and borderline were 0.92 (95% CI 0.74 to 1.14) and 1.16 (95% CI 0.88 to 1.52), respectively. Children with borderline CP had higher injury rates compared with those without CP (IRR 1.31, 95% CI 1.09 to 1.57). CONCLUSIONS: Children with high/abnormal hyperactivity or CP scores were not at increased risk of injury; however, those with borderline CP had higher injury rates. Further research is needed to understand if those with difficulties receive treatment and support, which may reduce the likelihood of injuries.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Behavioural difficulties in early childhood and risk of adolescent injury |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317271 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2019-317271 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10086234 |
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