%0 Journal Article
%T Childhood injury after a parental cancer diagnosis
%J Elife
%D 2015
%A Chen, Ruoqing
%A Regodón Wallin, Amanda
%A Sjölander, Arvid
%A Valdimarsdóttir, Unnur
%A Ye, Weimin
%A Tiemeier, Henning
%A Fall, Katja
%A Almqvist, Catarina
%A Czene, Kamila
%A Fang, Fang
%V 4
%N ePub
%P ePub-ePub
%X A parental cancer diagnosis is psychologically straining for the whole family. We investigated whether a parental cancer diagnosis is associated with a higher-than-expected risk of injury among children by using a Swedish nationwide register-based cohort study. Compared to children without parental cancer, children with parental cancer had a higher rate of hospital contact for injury during the first year after parental cancer diagnosis (hazard ratio [HR]=1.27, 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.22-1.33), especially when the parent had a comorbid psychiatric disorder after cancer diagnosis (HR=1.41, 95% CI=1.08-1.85). The rate increment declined during the second and third year after parental cancer diagnosis (HR=1.10, 95% CI=1.07-1.14) and became null afterwards (HR=1.01, 95% CI=0.99-1.03). Children with parental cancer also had a higher rate of repeated injuries than the other children (HR=1.13, 95% CI= 1.12-1.15). Given the high rate of injury among children in the general population, our findings may have important public health implications.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I dLife Sciences Plublications, Ltd
%@ 2050-084X
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.08500