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Psychosocial problems in children with cystic fibrosis
Author(s) -
Bregnballe V,
Thastum M,
Schiøtz PO
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2006.00014.x
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , anxiety , anger , cystic fibrosis , body mass index , beck depression inventory , beck anxiety inventory , clinical psychology , depression (economics) , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
Aim: To compare the well‐being of children (7–14 years) with cystic fibrosis (CF) (n = 43) with the well‐being of healthy controls (n = 1121). Methods: The self‐report questionnaire Beck Youth Inventories (BYI) was used to study depression, anxiety, anger, disruptive behaviour and self‐concept in children with CF. A measure of social desirability was included as well as body mass index (BMI) and percentage of predicted forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV 1 ) as measures of health status. Results: The children with CF did not differ from the norm group concerning depression, disruptive behaviour and self‐concept. Young children with CF (7–10 years) and boys with CF scored significantly higher on anxiety. Girls with CF scored significantly lower on anger than controls. BMI was not associated with any of the BYI subscales. In patients aged 11–14 years, there was a significant correlation between FEV 1 and self‐concept as well as a significant inverse correlation between FEV 1 and anxiety. Conclusions: Younger children with CF and boys with CF were more anxious than the healthy controls, and girls with CF expressed less anger than their healthy peers. Effects sizes however were small. Low FEV 1 was associated with low self‐concept and high anxiety in adolescent patients.