1025 Hospitalized Injured Adolescents Study

Study Description

Title

1025 Hospitalized Injured Adolescents Study

Creator

Douglas Zatzick

Abstract

The present investigation is a population-based study of the predictors of PTSD symptom development during the course of the year after injury among hospitalized, physically injured adolescents. Clinical, injury, and demographic characteristics were identified and PTSD symptoms prospectively followed in a randomly selected cohort of 108 injured adolescent inpatients, ages 12 to 18. Adolescents and their parents were interviewed at baseline and again 2, 5, and 12 months postinjury.

PACT/R Dataset Number

1025

Principal Investigator / Dataset Creator

Douglas Zatzick

Number of assessment points

4

Study language

English

PI ORCID

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7339-1020

PI Institution

University of Washington

Exclusion criteria
  • severe injuries that prevented participation
  • any patient who was either non-English speaking or for whom both parents were non-English speaking
Inclusion criteria
  • injured adolescent age 12 - 18 years admitted to inpatient trauma unit
  • Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of at least 15
  • score at least 7 of 10 on the two Mini-Mental State Examination items that assess orientation to location and date

Coverage

Date
2002 - 2003
Geographical Coverage Description

United States

Country
US

Funding

Description

University of Washington Royalty Research Foundation

Grant Number
R49/CCR002570
Description

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Data

Analysis Unit
Individual
Analysis Unit

Child exposed to an index potentially traumatic event

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