Childhood injury after a parental cancer diagnosis

Funding Agencies:China Scholarship Council 20126100002Karolinska Institutet
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.

Regodón Wallin, AmandaDepartment of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (författare)
Sjölander, ArvidKarolinska Institutet (författare)
Valdimarsdóttir, UnnurKarolinska Institutet (författare)
Ye, WeiminKarolinska Institutet (författare)
Tiemeier, HenningDepartment of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (författare)
Fall, Katja,1971-Örebro universitet,Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper,Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics(Swepub:oru)kafl (författare)
Almqvist, CatarinaKarolinska Institutet (författare)
Czene, KamilaKarolinska Institutet (författare)
Fang, FangKarolinska Institutet (författare)
Karolinska InstitutetDepartment of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (creator_code:org_t)
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