TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Childhood injury after a parental cancer diagnosis
JO  - Elife
A1  - Chen, Ruoqing
A1  - Regodón Wallin, Amanda
A1  - Sjölander, Arvid
A1  - Valdimarsdóttir, Unnur
A1  - Ye, Weimin
A1  - Tiemeier, Henning
A1  - Fall, Katja
A1  - Almqvist, Catarina
A1  - Czene, Kamila
A1  - Fang, Fang
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - 4
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2050-084X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.08500
ID  - ref1
ER  -