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    Burns take a toll on academic outcomes    
      
     Date:   
         July 10, 2023   
     Source:   
         Macquarie University   
     Summary:   
         A common childhood injury has been shown to slash school completion   
         rates, adding to evidence that found being hospitalized can have   
         a long- lasting effect on young people.   
      
      
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   A new study published in the BMJ's Archives of Disease in Childhood has   
   found young people of both sexes who were hospitalised due to burns were   
   less likely to finish high school than their peers.   
      
   Led by Associate Professor Rebecca Mitchell from the Australian Institute   
   of Health Innovation (AIHI) at Macquarie University, the research compared   
   the academic performance and high school completion rates of about 2000   
   young people to matched peers who had not been hospitalised for an injury.   
      
   The study found that the young people who had been burned were four   
   times as likely to not finish Year 10, and more than twice as likely to   
   not finish Year 11 or Year 12.   
      
   This research is the latest in a series of studies looking at the   
   effects of hospitalisation for injuries and illnesses including broken   
   bones, asthma, diabetes, epilepsy and mental health on young people's   
   educational outcomes.   
      
   The research team used linked birth, health and education records in New   
   South Wales from 2005 to 2018 to analyse national literacy and numeracy   
   test results and high school completion.   
      
   To create a peer comparison group, each hospitalised young person was   
   matched against a randomly selected peer of the same age and gender who   
   lived in the same postcode but had not been hospitalised for an injury.   
      
   In the case of the burns patients, the most common cause of injury was   
   contact with hot drinks, food, fats or cooking oils, followed by other   
   hot fluids including hot or boiling water.   
      
   Almost all of the children in the burns cohort had more than 10 per cent   
   of the surface of their bodies affected, with torsos the most commonly   
   injured area, followed by hands or wrists.   
      
   Associate Professor Mitchell says in addition to an increased risk of   
   not finishing high school, girls who had burn injuries also had a higher   
   risk of not achieving the national minimum standards in reading.   
      
   "Reasons why young females hospitalised with a burn have worse academic   
   performance for reading could include reduced learning opportunities,   
   school absenteeism, or psychosocial anxieties due to lower self-esteem   
   and stigmatisation," she says.   
      
   "This research shows that we need to monitor academic progression in   
   young people after they sustain a burn to identify if they require any   
   learning support."  Paediatric burns specialist and co-author Professor   
   Andrew Holland says while most burns occur early in childhood, the effects   
   can extend far beyond the initial period of acute care and recovery.   
      
   "In some cases, burns patients experience ongoing pain and poor sleep   
   quality, which can disrupt a young person's ability to engage and learn,"   
   he says.   
      
   "In addition to this, scarring can have an influence on their motivation   
   or ability to attend school."   
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   Journal Reference:   
      1. Nicole Halim, Andrew J A Holland, Anne McMaugh, Cate M Cameron,   
      Reidar P   
         Lystad, Tim Badgery-Parker, Rebecca Mitchell. Impact of childhood   
         burns on academic performance: a matched population-based cohort   
         study.   
      
         Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2023; archdischild-2023-325769   
         DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-325769   
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230710113905.htm   
      
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