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Child protection concern in patients during the COVID-19 lockdown

During the COVID-19 lockdown, social isolation from school closures and home visitation restrictions compounded known risk factors for child maltreatment. The aim of our study was to determine the incidence and types of child protection concern (CPC) among inpatients during the COVID-19 lockdown com...

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Autores principales: Bell, Valerie, McCann, Aisling, Power, Claire, Gilchrist, Eimear, O’Byrne, Helen, Roulston, Jean, McCrory, Sheila, Curtis, Emma, Barrett, Michael, Harty, Sinead
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Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9314240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35879544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11845-022-03115-6
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author Bell, Valerie
McCann, Aisling
Power, Claire
Gilchrist, Eimear
O’Byrne, Helen
Roulston, Jean
McCrory, Sheila
Curtis, Emma
Barrett, Michael
Harty, Sinead
author_facet Bell, Valerie
McCann, Aisling
Power, Claire
Gilchrist, Eimear
O’Byrne, Helen
Roulston, Jean
McCrory, Sheila
Curtis, Emma
Barrett, Michael
Harty, Sinead
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description During the COVID-19 lockdown, social isolation from school closures and home visitation restrictions compounded known risk factors for child maltreatment. The aim of our study was to determine the incidence and types of child protection concern (CPC) among inpatients during the COVID-19 lockdown compared to the matched timeframe in 2019. We retrospectively reviewed the CPC assessments performed at Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin and Tallaght from March 13 to August 31, 2020, and the same period in 2019. Eighty-six versus 163 inpatients were assessed for CPC in 2020 versus 2019. Higher proportions of physical abuse concerns (52.3% versus 11% (p < 0.001)) and emotional abuse concerns (7.0% versus 1.2% (p = 0.015)) were observed in 2020. Case complexity, defined as involving two or more types of CPC, increased with 48.8% in 2020 versus 13.5% in 2019 (p < 0.001). In conclusion, there were fewer assessments for CPC during the 2020 lockdown. However, the complexity of the CPC cases was significantly increased in 2020.
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spelling pubmed-93142402022-07-26 Child protection concern in patients during the COVID-19 lockdown Bell, Valerie McCann, Aisling Power, Claire Gilchrist, Eimear O’Byrne, Helen Roulston, Jean McCrory, Sheila Curtis, Emma Barrett, Michael Harty, Sinead Ir J Med Sci Brief Report During the COVID-19 lockdown, social isolation from school closures and home visitation restrictions compounded known risk factors for child maltreatment. The aim of our study was to determine the incidence and types of child protection concern (CPC) among inpatients during the COVID-19 lockdown compared to the matched timeframe in 2019. We retrospectively reviewed the CPC assessments performed at Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin and Tallaght from March 13 to August 31, 2020, and the same period in 2019. Eighty-six versus 163 inpatients were assessed for CPC in 2020 versus 2019. Higher proportions of physical abuse concerns (52.3% versus 11% (p < 0.001)) and emotional abuse concerns (7.0% versus 1.2% (p = 0.015)) were observed in 2020. Case complexity, defined as involving two or more types of CPC, increased with 48.8% in 2020 versus 13.5% in 2019 (p < 0.001). In conclusion, there were fewer assessments for CPC during the 2020 lockdown. However, the complexity of the CPC cases was significantly increased in 2020. Springer International Publishing 2022-07-26 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC9314240/ /pubmed/35879544 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11845-022-03115-6 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland 2022, corrected publication 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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McCann, Aisling
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Gilchrist, Eimear
O’Byrne, Helen
Roulston, Jean
McCrory, Sheila
Curtis, Emma
Barrett, Michael
Harty, Sinead
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9314240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35879544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11845-022-03115-6
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