Defining paediatric abusive head trauma using routinely collected patient datasets: Definition development for a UK primary care cohort
Inclusion of injuries presenting to GP, ED or admitted to hospital, in our definitions is likely to produce a more accurate estimate of AHT in the population. Caution should be applied, however, regarding potential inclusion of false positives and missed cases due to non-presentation to healthcare.
Authors
- Kate Birnie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9083-4097)
- Sarah Dawson
- Joni Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2591-7395)
- Julie Mytton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0306-4750)
- Jelena Savović (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2861-0578)
- Matthew Booker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6680-9887)
- Giles Haythornthwaite
- Rebecca Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4709-7260)
- Mark D Lyttle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8634-7210)
- Lauren J Scott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3129-5123)
- Maria Theresa Redaniel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0668-0874)
- Sharea Ijaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5727-1790)
- Frank de Vocht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3631-627X)
Institutions
- University of the West of England (GB)
- University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- At Bristol (GB)
- Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Child Abuse & Neglect
- Published
- 2025-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107680
- Primary Topic
- Child Abuse and Related Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00