Mother, father and child traumatic stress reactions after paediatric burn: Within-family co-occurrence and parent-child discrepancies in appraisals of child stress

Burn events are potentially traumatizing for children and adolescents. Besides the burn event and injury itself, potential stressors include treatment-related factors such as pain, repeated wound care and skin grafting procedures. Clinically relevant acute stress reactions appear to be present in 25 –31% of children [1–3]. Although symptoms after pediatric injury generally tend to decline over time, they persist in a subgroup [4], indicating the necessity to identify children in need of psychological support.

Source: Burns : Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries - April 12, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: Marthe R. Egberts, Rens van de Schoot, Rinie Geenen, Nancy E.E. Van Loey Source Type: research