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Table 1 Inclusion/exclusion criteria

From: Screening for post-traumatic stress disorder after injury in the pediatric emergency department - a systematic review protocol

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

Articles identifying, describing or evaluating one or more ASD/PTSD screening or diagnostic tools.

Articles that do not identify, describe or evaluate an ASD/PTSD screening or diagnostic tool

Articles focusing on ASD/PTSD/stress disorders

Broad articles on multiple mental health issues/psychiatric conditions

Articles focusing on children and adolescents under 18 years of age

Articles including adults aged 18+ or articles where age is not provided

Adequate follow-up of at least 1 month described

Follow-up period undefined or less than 1 month

Articles with a described mechanism of injury not listed in the exclusion criteria

Articles without a described mechanism of injury or articles describing trauma resulting from warfare, terrorism, abuse, neglect, medical illness or natural disaster

Systematic reviews, descriptive studies, cohort studies, case series, randomized and quasi-randomized trials

Narrative review articles, commentaries or letters to the editor

  1. ASD, acute stress disorder; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder.