Psychological assessment of children with asthma and psychosomatic symptoms of their parents
- VernacularTitle:哮喘儿童及家长心理健康状况调查
- Author:
Hengtao LI
;
Bo YANG
;
Jianping CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Asthma;
Children;
Parents;
Psychological health
- From:
Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine
2008;15(z1):18-20
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study mental state of children with asthma and psychosomatic symptoms of their parents. Methods Eysenck Personality Questionnaire(EPQ) for children and Rutter's Behavior Ques-tionnaire were applied to 36children aged 6～14with asthma, SCL-90 was applied to their parents. Children from the same kindergartens and schools and their parents were sampled as control matched by age, sex etc.Results Children with asthma had more personality problems than normal children. The E.N scores of EPQ scales were higher in asthma children than in normal samples. The rate ot behavior problems was 33.3 %; Par-ents of children with asthma had higher scores of S SCL-90 than parents of children as control, espeeially in de-pression, anxiety, somatic complaints and terror. Conclusion Children with asthma and their parents, It is im-portant to take some active measures to intervene psychological and behavioral problems of children with asth-ma and psychosomatic symptoms of their parents.
