TABLE 5.
Various child functioning issues among all maltreatment investigations and substantiated maltreatment investigations: a comparison between health care professional reports and nonhealth care professional reports; The 2003 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child abuse and Neglect (core sample)
| Type of child functioning |
Maltreatment investigations with child functioning issues |
|
|---|---|---|
| Health care professional reports | Nonhealth care professional reports | |
| Total maltreatment investigations, n | 1141 | 6608 |
| Total substantiated maltreatment, n | 531 | 3611 |
| All maltreatment investigations, n (%) | ||
| Physical, emotional or cognitive health issue | 412 (36) | 2071 (31)* |
| Any behavioural issue | 345 (30) | 2452 (37)* |
| Substantiated maltreatment, n (%) | ||
| Physical, emotional or cognitive health issue | 238 (45) | 1207 (33)* |
| Any behavioural issue | 190 (36) | 1409 (39) |
*
Statistically significant (P<0.05)