Emma Björkenstam1, Kyriaki Kosidou2, Charlotte Björkenstam3. 1. Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Social Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health and California Center for Population Research, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA emma.bjorkenstam@ki.se. 2. Department of Public Health Sciences, Division Public Health Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Center for Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden. 3. Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Childhood household dysfunction (CHD) is a risk indicator for self- harm in young adulthood. However, less is known about the effects of cumulative exposure to CHD and the role of school performance and childhood psychopathology in the relationship. METHODS: We used a Swedish cohort of 107 518 individuals born in 1987-91. Register-based CHD indicators included familial death, parental substance abuse and psychiatric morbidity, parental somatic disease, parental criminality, parental separation/single-parent household, public assistance receipt and residential instability. Estimates of risk of self-harm from age 15 [measured as registered diagnosis of self-harm according to the International Classification of Disease (ICD)] were calculated as hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). RESULTS: CHD indicators, with exceptions of familial death and parental somatic disease, were associated with an increased risk of self-harm. Accumulating CHD indicators increased the risk of self-harm in a graded manner, and individuals exposed to five or more indicators had a f5-fold risk [hazard ratio (HR): 4.9, 95% CI 3.8-6.4) after adjustment for school performance, childhood psychopathology and confounders. Exposure to five or more CHD indicators and poor school performance conferred a 20-fold increased risk, compared with non-exposed individuals in the highest grade group. The risk was elevated by 9-fold for those with five or more CHD indicators and a history of childhood psychopathology. CONCLUSION: Childhood household dysfunction is associated with the risk of self-harm in young adults, particularly when accumulated. The risk is markedly increased in the subgroup of disadvantaged children that fail in school or develop childhood psychopathology.
BACKGROUND: Childhood household dysfunction (CHD) is a risk indicator for self- harm in young adulthood. However, less is known about the effects of cumulative exposure to CHD and the role of school performance and childhood psychopathology in the relationship. METHODS: We used a Swedish cohort of 107 518 individuals born in 1987-91. Register-based CHD indicators included familial death, parental substance abuse and psychiatric morbidity, parental somatic disease, parental criminality, parental separation/single-parent household, public assistance receipt and residential instability. Estimates of risk of self-harm from age 15 [measured as registered diagnosis of self-harm according to the International Classification of Disease (ICD)] were calculated as hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). RESULTS: CHD indicators, with exceptions of familial death and parental somatic disease, were associated with an increased risk of self-harm. Accumulating CHD indicators increased the risk of self-harm in a graded manner, and individuals exposed to five or more indicators had a f5-fold risk [hazard ratio (HR): 4.9, 95% CI 3.8-6.4) after adjustment for school performance, childhood psychopathology and confounders. Exposure to five or more CHD indicators and poor school performance conferred a 20-fold increased risk, compared with non-exposed individuals in the highest grade group. The risk was elevated by 9-fold for those with five or more CHD indicators and a history of childhood psychopathology. CONCLUSION: Childhood household dysfunction is associated with the risk of self-harm in young adults, particularly when accumulated. The risk is markedly increased in the subgroup of disadvantaged children that fail in school or develop childhood psychopathology.
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