The Effects of Multidisciplinary Approach for Children with Feeding Disorder and Failure to Thrive on Their Mothers.
- Author:
Kyung Jin AN
1
;
Yoo Sook JOUNG
;
Byong Su JANG
;
Jeongyi KWON
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. yschoung@skku.edu
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Randomized Controlled Trial
- Keywords:
Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood;
Failure to Thrive;
Parenting;
Psychological Stress;
Mental Competency;
Anxiety;
Depression
- MeSH:
Anxiety;
Child*;
Depression;
Failure to Thrive*;
Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood;
Humans;
Learning;
Mental Competency;
Mental Health;
Mood Disorders;
Mothers*;
Parenting;
Parents;
Stress, Psychological;
Temperament;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2014;25(1):20-27
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to determine whether intervention using a multidisciplinary approach affects maternal mental health, parenting stress, and sense of parenting competence in children with feeding disorder and failure to thrive (FTT). METHODS: Children with feeding disorder and FTT were randomized to the intervention group (N=11) or control group (N=8). We administered the Korean standardization of Parent Temperament Questionnaire for Children (K-PTQ) in both groups before intervention, and the Korean version of the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (K-PSI-SF), Korean version of the Parenting Sense of Competence (K-PSOC), Korean version of the Beck's Depression Inventory (K-BDI), Korean version of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (K-BAI), and Korean version of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (K-MDQ) in both groups before and after the intervention. RESULTS: In the intervention group, the K-BDI (p=.068), K-BAI (p=.068), and K-MDQ (p=.066) scores tended to show a decline, the K-PSI-SF scores for stress related to child learning showed a significant decline, and the K-PSOC scores for sense of parenting competence showed significant improvement. However, no significant changes were observed in the control group. CONCLUSION: Use of a multidisciplinary approach improved maternal mental health, parenting stress, and sense of competence. Comparison of these results with those of normal control will be necessary in a future study.
