Prevalence of children witnessed violence in a pediatric emergency department.

Federica AnastasiaLuisa Cortellazzo WielManuela GiangrecoGiuliana MorabitoPatrizia RomitoAlessandro AmaddeoEgidio BarbiClaudio Germani

Published in: European journal of pediatrics (2022)

• This study shows a 43.9% prevalence of IPV among mothers attending an Italian pediatric ED. • Positive mother-child dyads displayed a higher frequency of poor mothers' health status and children's abnormal emotional state and sleep disturbances.

Keyphrases

emergency department
young adults
risk factors
mental health
physical activity
intimate partner violence
sleep quality
tertiary care
childhood cancer