Association between Parental Addiction and Unintentional Childhood Poisoning

Background Children that livingwith addicted parents are at risk for intentionally and unintentionally poisoning. Present study aimed to evaluate the effect of parental addiction on unintentional childhood poisoning. Materials and Methods: Totally, 140 admitted children with poisoning in Loghman hos...

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Main Authors: Erfan Ayubi, Mohadeseh Sani, Ali Sanjari Moghaddam, Salman Khazaei, Fatemeh Khosravi Shadmani, Shiva Mansouri Hanis, Somayeh Khazaei, Kamyar Mansori
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Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2016-07-01
Series:International Journal of Pediatrics
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Online Access:http://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_7104_ef44955ab453f2c04831fb56f2395d5d.pdf
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author Erfan Ayubi
Mohadeseh Sani
Ali Sanjari Moghaddam
Salman Khazaei
Fatemeh Khosravi Shadmani
Shiva Mansouri Hanis
Somayeh Khazaei
Kamyar Mansori
author_facet Erfan Ayubi
Mohadeseh Sani
Ali Sanjari Moghaddam
Salman Khazaei
Fatemeh Khosravi Shadmani
Shiva Mansouri Hanis
Somayeh Khazaei
Kamyar Mansori
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description Background Children that livingwith addicted parents are at risk for intentionally and unintentionally poisoning. Present study aimed to evaluate the effect of parental addiction on unintentional childhood poisoning. Materials and Methods: Totally, 140 admitted children with poisoning in Loghman hospital, Tehran-Iran, as referral center were recruited from March 2013 to July 2014. Cases were matched with 280 controls by age (within a caliper of six months), gender, and date of hospital attendance in Tehran, Iran. Parents were interviewed using an objective checklist about the risk factors of childhood poisoning. Conditional logistic regression with within-group varying weights was used to adjust for measured confounders. Vary weights within the matched set was defined by inverse probability weighting (IPW). Results: Sixty-two of cases (74.7%) were poisoned with Methadone. The odds ratio [OR] 95% confidence interval [CI] of having addicted parents in poisoned children compared to the controls in three scenarios of ordinary, un-stabilized weighted and stabilized weighted conditional regression logistic ORs (95% CI) were 17.3 (8.7, 34.6), 2.6 (1.9, 3.3) and 3.6 (2.9, 4.3) respectively. Conclusion The results indicate that child abuse and neglect have been linked to parental substance abuse. Education on preventive interventions such as safe storage of methadone and store poisoning product out of reach and sight of children are necessary in substance abusing families.
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spelling doaj.art-a64789d9e41044e38b8bc9d2b16b1b592022-12-22T04:24:10ZengMashhad University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Pediatrics2345-50472345-50552016-07-0147227322807104Association between Parental Addiction and Unintentional Childhood PoisoningErfan Ayubi0Mohadeseh Sani1Ali Sanjari Moghaddam2Salman Khazaei3Fatemeh Khosravi Shadmani4Shiva Mansouri Hanis5Somayeh Khazaei6Kamyar Mansori7Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.School of Medicine, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran.School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.Modeling in Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.BSc in Operating room, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.Background Children that livingwith addicted parents are at risk for intentionally and unintentionally poisoning. Present study aimed to evaluate the effect of parental addiction on unintentional childhood poisoning. Materials and Methods: Totally, 140 admitted children with poisoning in Loghman hospital, Tehran-Iran, as referral center were recruited from March 2013 to July 2014. Cases were matched with 280 controls by age (within a caliper of six months), gender, and date of hospital attendance in Tehran, Iran. Parents were interviewed using an objective checklist about the risk factors of childhood poisoning. Conditional logistic regression with within-group varying weights was used to adjust for measured confounders. Vary weights within the matched set was defined by inverse probability weighting (IPW). Results: Sixty-two of cases (74.7%) were poisoned with Methadone. The odds ratio [OR] 95% confidence interval [CI] of having addicted parents in poisoned children compared to the controls in three scenarios of ordinary, un-stabilized weighted and stabilized weighted conditional regression logistic ORs (95% CI) were 17.3 (8.7, 34.6), 2.6 (1.9, 3.3) and 3.6 (2.9, 4.3) respectively. Conclusion The results indicate that child abuse and neglect have been linked to parental substance abuse. Education on preventive interventions such as safe storage of methadone and store poisoning product out of reach and sight of children are necessary in substance abusing families.http://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_7104_ef44955ab453f2c04831fb56f2395d5d.pdfChildIranPoisoningParentsSubstance-Related Disorders
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Mohadeseh Sani
Ali Sanjari Moghaddam
Salman Khazaei
Fatemeh Khosravi Shadmani
Shiva Mansouri Hanis
Somayeh Khazaei
Kamyar Mansori
Association between Parental Addiction and Unintentional Childhood Poisoning
International Journal of Pediatrics
Child
Iran
Poisoning
Parents
Substance-Related Disorders
title Association between Parental Addiction and Unintentional Childhood Poisoning
title_full Association between Parental Addiction and Unintentional Childhood Poisoning
title_fullStr Association between Parental Addiction and Unintentional Childhood Poisoning
title_full_unstemmed Association between Parental Addiction and Unintentional Childhood Poisoning
title_short Association between Parental Addiction and Unintentional Childhood Poisoning
title_sort association between parental addiction and unintentional childhood poisoning
topic Child
Iran
Poisoning
Parents
Substance-Related Disorders
url http://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_7104_ef44955ab453f2c04831fb56f2395d5d.pdf
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