Inconclusive Cystic Fibrosis neonatal screening results: long-term psychosocial effects on parents

Autor: Baroukh M. Assael, Luisa Zanolla, Paolo Rizzotti, Sandra Perobelli, Anna Tamanini, Carlo Castellani
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Acta Paediatrica. 98:1927-1934
ISSN: 1651-2227
0803-5253
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01485.x
Popis: Aim: Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Newborn Screening occasionally identifies neonates where a CF diagnosis can neither be confirmed nor excluded. To assess how parents of these infants cope with this ambiguous situation. Methods: Parents of 11 children with Ambiguous Diagnosis (group AD) were compared with parents of 11 children diagnosed with CF through neonatal screening [group Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosis (CFD)] and with parents of 11 Healthy Control children (group HC) matched for gender and age. Results: The emotional reaction to the inconclusive result was less pronounced in AD than in CFD (p = 0.003), and AD parents considered their infants as healthy as controls. Parents’ anxiety about their child’s health is stronger in CFD than in AD (p
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