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Table 1 Health domains relevant to quality-of-life for child maltreatment.

From: Measuring health-related quality of life for child maltreatment: a systematic literature review

Category

Domains

Specific descriptions

Growth and development

Developmental progress/opportunity for normal development

Gross motor delays Fine motor delays Speech and language delays Learning disabilities

 

Communication and social interaction through play

Communication Learning Social skills

Functioning

Feeding

Feeding issues Malnutrition

 

Dressing

 
 

Bathing

 
 

Toilet constancy

Continence

 

Mobility

 
 

Attending school

Ability to function in school Truancy

 

Interacting with peers

 

Physical Health

Routine medical care

Immunization delay Lack of well child care Dental caries

 

Physical Function

Permanent or semipermanent Limb deformity, contractures Brain injury (seizure disorders, visual impairment)

Emotional Well-being/Mental Health

Anxiety

Post-traumatic stress disorder

 

Depression

 
 

Anger

 
 

Risky behavior

Promiscuity, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, juvenile delinquency (incarceration), suicide, smoking, alcohol abuse, drug abuse

 

Other psychiatric disorders

Obesity, eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorders, GI disorders

Placement and family stability

Function within a family

Attachment disorders

 

Impact on parents/caregivers

 
 

Foster care, adoption

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