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Psychosocial Development of Maltreated Children: A Prospective Study

NCT02148419 · Status: TERMINATED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 17

Last updated 2017-02-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Between 2007-2010 the Child Protection Team (CPT) at University Children's Hospital Zurich was the first in Europe to follow up the development of maltreated children in a hospital sample . The follow-up took place 2-3 years after the child had been reported to the CPT. As a major result, children's health-related quality of life (HRQoL) had been impaired in maltreated children compared to controls (Jud, Landolt, Tatalias, Lach, \& Lips, 2012). However, this difference only emerged for the self-assessment of HRQoL by children aged 6 years or older .To address limitations, the CPT at University Children's Hospital Zurich and Children's Hospital Baden AG propose a prospective study with a baseline at the time of report to the CPT and a two year follow-up. This study aims at analyzing HRQoL, behavior and mental health of maltreated children prospectively and will be the first to provide data on changes in HRQoL in the aftermath of maltreatment. We assume the following hypotheses:

* The HRQoL and mental health of children will be impaired following maltreatment even while controlling for others possible predictors of impaired HRQoL and mental health.
* We assume a dose-response relationship between severity of maltreatment and impaired HRQoL. Multiple maltreatment is hypothesized to have a larger impact then a single type of maltreatment.
* At baseline, HRQoL scores are hypothesized to be at a markedly low level. We assume a slight increase in HRQoL from baseline to first follow-up, but not a continuing increase to second follow-up.

Conditions

  • Quality of Life

Interventions

OTHER

no intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kantonsspital Baden

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Children's Hospital, Zurich

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andreas Jud, Dr. · University Children's Hospital, Zurich

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Day
Max Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-02-28
Primary Completion
2017-01-31
Completion
2017-01-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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