Association of child maltreatment subtypes and long-term physical health in a German representative sample
Association of child maltreatment subtypes and long-term physical health in a German representative sample
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10.1080/20008198.2018.1510278
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发表时间:
2018-09-07
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5
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Fegert, Joerg M.
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Clemens, Vera;Huber-Lang, Markus;Fegert, Joerg M.
Background: Child maltreatment is a major public problem, associated with enormous consequences on the individual and socioeconomic level. Studies show a clear impact of child maltreatment on long-term physical health. However, there is a lack of analyses comprising a wide variety of subtypes of maltreatment and addressing cumulative effects of different maltreatment subtypes experienced during childhood on physical health.Objective: The objective of this analysis was to assess the association of different subtypes and the intensity of child maltreatment with long-term physical health outcomes.Methods: In a cross-sectional observational approach, a representative sample of the German population (N=2510) was assessed regarding socioeconomic information, their current health status, and their experiences of child maltreatment using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ). Chi(2)-Tests were performed to compare differences of physical health conditions in adulthood in association with child maltreatment and binary regression analyses to assess the relationship of physical health and number of different subtypes of maltreatment experienced during childhood.Results: Odds increased significantly for obesity (1.8), diabetes (1.26), cancer (1.28), hypertension (1.16), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (1.51), history of myocardial infarction (1.29) and stroke (1.31) with increasingenhancing number of experienced subtypes of child maltreatment. Growing intensity of each subtype of maltreatment was associated with higher rates of all assessed physical health conditions, which could point towards a dose-dependency of the relationship between maltreatment and long-term physical health.Conclusions: Child maltreatment is associated with increased odds for the leading morbidity and mortality causes in Germany. Interventions encompassing secondary and primary preventive strategies are critical to target this major public health problem and its devastating consequences. Antecedentes: El maltrato infantil es un problema publico mayor, asociado a enormes consecuencias a nivel individual y socioeconomico. Los estudios muestran un impacto claro del maltrato infantil sobre la salud fisica a largo plazo. Sin embargo, existe una carencia de analisis que comprendan una amplia variedad de subtipos de maltrato y aborden los efectos acumulativos de diferentes subtipos de maltrato experimentados durante la infancia sobre la salud fisica.Objetivos: El objetivo de este analisis fue evaluar la asociacion de diferentes subtipos y la intensidad del maltrato infantil con consecuencias en la salud fisica a largo plazo.Metodos: En un enfoque observacional transversal, se evaluo una muestra representativa de la poblacion germana (N=2510) en cuanto a informacion socioeconomica, su estado de salud actual, y sus experiencias de maltrato infantil usando el Cuestionario de Trauma Infantil (CTQ por sus siglas en Ingles). Se realizaron tests de Chi(2) para comparar diferencias de condiciones de salud fisica en la adultez en asociacion con maltrato infantil y analisis de regresion binaria para evaluar la relacion entre salud fisica y numero de diferentes subtipos de maltrato experimentado durante la infancia.Resultados: Las probabilidades (expresadas en O.R.) aumentaron significativamente para obesidad (1.18), diabetes (1.26), cancer (1.28), hipertension arterial (1.16), enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva cronica (1.51), historia de infarto al miocardio (1.29) y apoplejia (1.31) con numero mayor de subtipos de maltrato infantil experimentados.La intensidad creciente de cada subtipo de maltrato se asocio con tasas mayores de todas las condiciones de salud fisica evaluadas, lo que puede apuntar a una dependencia de dosis de la relacion entre maltrato y salud fisica a largo plazo.Conclusiones: El maltrato infantil se asocia con aumento de probabilidades para las causas principales de morbilidad y mortalidad en Alemania. Intervenciones que abarquen estrategias preventivas secundarias y primarias son criticas para impactar este problema de salud publica mayor y sus consecuencias devastadoras. ???????????????,????????????????????????????????????,??????????????????,???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????,??????????????(N = 2510)?????,???????,?????????(CTQ)???????????????????????????????????????;???????????????????????????????????(1.18),???(1.26),??(1.28),???(1.16),???????(1.51),??????(1.29)??(1.31)???????????????????????????????,?????????????????????????,?????????????????????????'(dose dependency)?????????????????????????????????????,???????????,??????????????????????????