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Psychological distress in parents of children with acute lymphatic leukemia
Author(s) -
Magni G.,
Messina C.,
Leo D.,
Mosconi A.,
Carli M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1983.tb07010.x
Subject(s) - anxiety , lymphatic leukemia , depression (economics) , distress , medicine , marital status , leukemia , checklist , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , population , environmental health , economics , macroeconomics , cognitive psychology
– Psychological distress in parents of children with acute lymphatic leukemia was evaluated by means of the Symptom Distress Checklist. This scale was administered twice: within a few days after the child's admission to hospital and 8 months later. Twenty‐five consecutive, unselected subjects were compared with controls matched for age, sex, marital status and social class. At the first evaluation the sample presented higher mean scores than the controls for anxiety ( P < 0.005), depression ( P < 0.005), sleep disturbances ( P < 0.005) and obsessions ( P < 0.005). An 8 months' follow‐up confirmed the persistence of anxiety ( P < 0.005), sleep disturbances ( P < 0.05) and above all depression ( P < 0.005).