title: Social factors and life events as predictors for children's health. A one-year prospective study after discharge from hospital.
abstract: During a period of one year information concerning social background, life events and diseases of children (aged 1-14) admitted to a paediatric department had been obtained. One year after this index hospitalization, information concerning the children's present state of health was obtained. Forty (13%) had been readmitted to hospital during the follow-up year, and the parents of 72 children (23%) reported that their child's present state of health was poor. A multivariate predictor analysis was performed. The associations discovered suggest 1) that the selected social or psycho-social factors do not appear to be of considerable importance for prediction of readmission to hospital, 2) that "poor health" in the children has a very complex prediction pattern, partly due to disease variables, partly due to indices of unfavourable family background.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006262:Health; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008016:Life Change Events; D010359:Patient Readmission; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors