Psychological impact on parents of children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: a study from Sri Lanka
| Autor: | W.M.S. Dilanka, K S H de Silva, B.S. Dissanayake, Piyanjali de Zoysa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Parents medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Mothers medicine.disease_cause Depressive symptomatology Fathers Endocrinology Surveys and Questionnaires Epidemiology Prevalence Medicine Psychological stress Humans Congenital adrenal hyperplasia Family Child Depressive symptoms Depression (differential diagnoses) Sri Lanka Adrenal Hyperplasia Congenital business.industry Depression Infant Newborn Infant medicine.disease Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Design study Female Sri lanka business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of pediatric endocrinologymetabolism : JPEM. 27(5-6) |
| ISSN: | 2191-0251 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a group of autosomal recessively inherited disorders with significant morbidity. The long-term implications result in immense psychological stress to the parents. This study assessing the psychological impact on the parents is a first in Sri Lanka and one of the few worldwide. OBJECTIVE Document the presence of depressive symptoms in parents of children with CAH. DESIGN Study participants were 37 parents of children diagnosed with CAH who were attending an endocrinology clinic of the largest children's hospital in Sri Lanka. Centre for Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale (CES-D), a psychometrically sound scale for assessing depressive symptomatology, was used. RESULTS The study classified 59% of the parents as being affected, and the psychological impact on them did not reduce with time. CONCLUSION Parents of children with CAH demonstrated symptoms of depression that did not abate with the passage of time. |
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