Injuries in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Study to Explore Early Development (SEED)

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• Alternative Title:
  J Autism Dev Disord
• Personal Author:
  DiGuiseppi, Carolyn ; Levy, Susan E. ; Sabourin, Katherine R. ; Soke, Gnakub N. ; Rosenberg, Steven ; Lee, Li-Ching ; Moody, Eric ; Schieve, Laura A.
• Description:
  This study examined caregiver-reported medically-attended injuries among 30-68 month old children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared to general population (POP) and non-ASD developmental disorders (DD) controls in the Study to Explore Early Development. Injuries were common in ASD cases (32.3%) as well as POP (30.2%) and DD (27.8%) controls; most resulted in an emergency visit or hospitalization. After accounting for sociodemographic, health, IQ and behavior differences, odds of injury in ASD cases were significantly higher than DD controls but similar to POP controls. Attention problems mediated the relationships. Clinicians caring for children with both ASD and attention problems should consider providing targeted safety advice. Differences in injury risk between children with ASD vs. other developmental disorders need further study.
• Subjects:
  Article Autism Spectrum Disorder Developmental Delays And Disorders Epidemiology Injuries Prevalence
• Source:
  J Autism Dev Disord. 48(2):461-472
• Pubmed ID:
  29022199
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5920521
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U10DD000181/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ ; U10DD000184/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ ; U10 DD000180/DD/NCBDD CDC HHS/United States ; U10 DD000181/DD/NCBDD CDC HHS/United States ; U10DD000498/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ ; U10 DD000184/DD/NCBDD CDC HHS/United States ; U10DD000182/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ ; U01 DD001210/DD/NCBDD CDC HHS/United States ; U01 DD000498/DD/NCBDD CDC HHS/United States ; CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States ; U10 DD000182/DD/NCBDD CDC HHS/United States ; U10DD000180/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ ; U10DD000183/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ ; U10 DD000183/DD/NCBDD CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  48
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0ea0d3916388745d91a839885e859982e5b5acbca62e757a48c457ef00569b45
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/53679/cdc_53679_DS1.pdf
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