CTDA 1004: Posttraumatic Stress in Youth Age 8 to 18 Seen in the Emergency Department for Violent Injury, United States, 1999-2000

Children and youth, aged 8 - 18 years, were invited to participate in this study after being treated in an emergency department (ED) for an injury resulting from interpersonal community violence. Each invited youth also had to have been living within specified postal codes (urban areas surrounding the hospital). Following the youth's baseline assessment (T1), participants completed between 0 and 4 follow-up assessments. The timing of each follow-up assessment was scheduled according to the relative time since the index (violent injury) event occurred. The average follow-up assessment was conducted at 27 days (T3), 75 days (T5), 199 days (T7), and 467 days (T10).

本项研究针对8至18岁的儿童及青少年进行，研究对象系因人际社区暴力导致的伤害而在急诊科（ED）接受治疗后入选。每位受邀的青少年还需居住在指定的邮政编码区域内（医院周边的城区）。在完成基线评估（T1）后，参与者需完成0至4次随访评估。每次随访评估的时机均根据自初次（暴力伤害）事件发生以来的相对时间进行安排。平均随访评估分别于第27天（T3）、第75天（T5）、第199天（T7）和第467天（T10）进行。