ArticleJournal of pediatric surgery2022
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on presentation and severity of traumatic injury due to physical child abuse across US children's hospitals.
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- Identifying Risk Factors of Children Who Suffered Physical Abuse: A Systematic Review.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2025Pooled it
- County variations in child maltreatment risk and service responses during and post the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study.Journal of public child welfare · 2026Article
- COVID-19's causal impact on child abuse and socioeconomic status: a Bayesian time series study.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Child maltreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for child and adolescent mental health.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2024Review
- Parenting During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024Review
- Counts and child protection reports of diagnosed child maltreatment before and after the COVID-19 pandemic onset.Child abuse & neglect · 2023Article
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Infant Maltreatment Emergency Department and Inpatient Medical Encounters.The Journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- Epidemiological study of paediatric traumatic brain injury in Brazil.World neurosurgery: X · 2023Article
- Violence and sexual abuse rates before and during the Covid-19 pandemic: A prospective population-based study on Norwegian youth.Child abuse & neglect · 2023Article
- Increased severity of abusive head trauma during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.Child abuse & neglect · 2023Article
- Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department attendances for pediatric injuries in Mozambique's central hospitals: an interrupted time series and a comparison within the restriction periods between 2019 and 2020.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2023Article
- Documenting Opportunity for Systematic Identification and Mitigation of Risk for Child Maltreatment.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2022Article
- Unintended Consequences of COVID-19 on Pediatric Falls From Windows: A Multicenter Study.The Journal of surgical research · 2022Article
- The impact of stay-at-home orders on the rate of emergency department child maltreatment diagnoses.Child abuse & neglect · 2022Article
- Association of Economic Recession and Social Distancing With Pediatric Non-accidental Trauma During COVID-19.The Journal of surgical research · 2022Article
- Child Abuse and the COVID-19 Pandemic.The Journal of surgical research · 2022Article
- Traumatic brain injuries in children during COVID-19 pandemic: a national report from northern Iran.International journal of burns and trauma · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPhysical child abuse affects 9 in every 1,000 children in the United States and associated traumatic injuries are often identified by the healthcare system. The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified risk factors for physical child abuse and increased avoidance of the healthcare system. This study examined the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on presentation and severity of physical child abuse.
methodsA retrospective, cross-sectional study utilizing the Pediatric Health Information System was performed. An interrupted time series analysis estimated the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of children <15 years old presenting with physical child abuse to children's hospitals from March 1
resultsOver the study period, 20,346 physical child abuse encounters were reported by 47 children's hospitals. An interrupted times series model predicted a significant decline in cases due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, representing a deficit of 2,645 cases (p = 0.001). Children presenting during the pandemic had increased odds of requiring ICU admission (p = 0.03) and having a traumatic brain injury in those under 5 years of age (p=<0.001).
conclusionsThe number of children with physical child abuse presenting to children's hospitals significantly declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, but those that did were more likely to be severe. The pandemic may be a risk factor for worse outcomes associated with physical child abuse.
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