Table 1

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

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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