Citation

Langley JD, Silva PA, Williams SM. J. Epidemiol. Community Health 1988; 42(1): 76-82.

Affiliation

Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Otago Medical School, New Zealand.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3418291

PMCID

PMC1052685

Abstract

Bias resulting from under-reporting has been largely ignored by studies that have examined the relationships between psychosocial factors and unintentional childhood injuries. This study was part of a larger investigation that examined associations between psychosocial factors and unintentional childhood injuries in a sample of 781 children. Visits to an accident and emergency department and their general practitioners were used to determine whether the children or their mothers were under-reporters. "Under-reporters" were compared with "reporters" on a variety of family, behavioural, and development factors. The analyses showed that under-reporters did not differ significantly from the remainder of the sample in terms of psychosocial factors central to the main study.

Language: en