@article{ref1,
title="Ear for recovery: protocol for a prospective study on parent-child communication and psychological recovery after paediatric injury",
journal="BMJ open",
year="2015",
author="Alisic, Eva and Barrett, Anna and Bowles, Peter and Babl, Franz E. and Conroy, Rowena and McClure, Roderick John and Anderson, Vicki and Mehl, Matthias R.",
volume="5",
number="2",
pages="e007393-e007393",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: One in six children who have been admitted to hospital with an injury develop persistent stress symptoms that put their development at risk. Parents play a crucial role in children's psychological recovery, however, it is unknown how specific parenting behaviours can help or hinder. We aim to describe the nature and quantity of parent-child communication after a child has been injured, and to examine how these interactions are related to children's psychological recovery. <br><br>METHODS AND ANALYSIS: We are conducting a prospective observational study among children aged 3-16 years, who have been admitted to a tertiary children's hospital with a serious injury. Data collection involves a naturalistic observation of spontaneous, everyday parent-child communication at home, shortly after discharge, and an assessment of children's psychological recovery at 6 weeks and 3 months post-injury. Main analyses comprise descriptive statistics, cluster analysis and analyses of variance. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This study has been approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne (33103) and Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee (CF13/2515-2013001322). We aim to disseminate the findings through international peer-reviewed journals, international conferences and social media. Participants will be sent a summary of the overall study findings.<br><br>Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2044-6055",
doi="10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007393",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007393"
}