DOI: 10.3886/icpsr39197
title: CTDA 1032: Posttraumatic Stress in Children Age 7 to 15 Hospitalized for Burn or Traffic Injury and Their Parents, Switzerland, 2016-2018
title: Archival Version

description: This study enrolled children ages 7 to 15 who received medical care at the hospital after an acute traffic accident or burn injury, and up to two parents/caregivers per child. Within 1 month of injury, and at 3 months, and 6 months post-injury, children and parents were assessed for posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and depression. Parents also completed measures of their own anxiety symptoms and of child behavior and health-related quality of life. The study aimed to achieve a better understanding of dysfunctional trauma-related cognitions considering child and environmental factors in a cross-sectional and a longitudinal design.
description: The broad objectives of this study were to investigate the interplay of trauma type, individual demographics (e.g., age, sex), and characteristics of the social environment (e.g., parental distress, marital status) on posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and depression in injured children and their parents.
description: Consecutive recruitment took place between February 2016 and March 2018. In total, 372 eligible children and adolescents were treated during this time period. One hundred and five (28.2 percent) children and adolescents were excluded, primarily because the accident did not meet criteria for a potentially traumatic event (e.g., smaller bicycle collision during play time; only the hair was singed) or because they had an insufficient command of the German language). Finally, 267 patients were contacted either in person, via phone, and by post. Out of these, 130 (48.7 percent) families consented to participate.
Well-established and validated self-report measures with good psychometric properties were administered by means of a standardized structured diagnostic interview conducted by trained assessors, either at the participant's home or at the hospital. Measures included: functional and dysfunctional posttraumatic cognitions, posttraumatic stress, depression, and anxiety. Medical data (duration of hospitalization, Glasgow Coma Scale at admission, injury severity, etc.) were obtained from patient records.
description: Study-level metadata: study title and P.I., series ID, methodology (e.g., weights, recruitment setting type)
Traumatic event descriptors: injury type/cause, degree of exposure (i.e., direct or indirect), injury circumstance, year of event, prior exposure to trauma
Demographics: child/adolescent age, sex, race/ethnicity, and school level; parent/caregiver age, sex, race/ethnicity, education level, relationship to child/adolescent, and relationship status
Self-reported scales completed by child/adolescent and parent/caregiver(s)
description: Presence of Common Scales: All scales were administered in German.
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Reaction Index
Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
Pediatric Quality of Life Index (PedsQL)
Children's Depression Inventory (DIKJ - 3rd German edition)
Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS)
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7)
description: No formal sampling scheme was used. However, inclusion criteria for the study were:
in- or outpatient treatment at a children's hospital in Switzerland
acute exposure to either a road traffic accident or a burn injury
an age between 7 and 16 years
child's willingness to participate, and
the written informed consent of a legal guardian as well as of adolescents aged 14 years and older.
Exclusion criteria were:
a pervasive developmental disorder
a severe head injury, or
an insufficient command of the German language.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: CTDA 1032: Posttraumatic Stress in Children Age 7 to 15 Hospitalized for Burn or Traffic Injury and Their Parents, Switzerland, 2016-2018
description: Children receiving hospital care for traffic injury or burn injury. Smallest Geographic Unit: Country
description: on-site questionnaireThis project is part of the Child Trauma Data Archives (CTDA). For more information, please visit the CTDA series website and refer to the Collection Notes document under the Data and Documentation tab.This project is intended to be used in cross-study analysis with other child trauma datasets.Some documentation may reflect a previous version of the study title and PI affiliations. For the latest metadata, please see this study homepage.Data on child post-trauma cognitions collected in the original study are not included in this collection.