Citation

Zonfrillo MR, Linakis JG, Yang ES, Mello MJ. Glob. Pediatr. Health 2018; 5: e2333794X18774219.

Affiliation

Injury Prevention Center at Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/2333794X18774219

PMID

29761142

PMCID

PMC5946359

Abstract

Objective. Injury is the leading cause of death and long-term disability in children. Longitudinal cohorts are designed to follow subjects longitudinally in order to determine if early-life exposures are related to certain health outcomes. Methods. We conducted a systematic review to identify studies of children from birth through 5 years who were followed longitudinally with unintentional injury as an outcome of interest. Results. Of the 1892 unique references based on the search criteria, 12 (published between 2000 and 2013) were included. The studies varied on the population of focus, injury definition, and incidence rates. Existing studies that longitudinally follow children aged 0 to 5 years are limited in number, scope, and generalizability. Conclusions. Further study using population-based longitudinal cohorts is necessary to more comprehensively estimate incidence of injury in young children.

Language: en

Keywords

birth cohort; childhood injury; longitudinal cohort study