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Psychological stress and family functioning in mothers of children with allergic rhinitis. 2009

Ozkaya Emin, and Solmaz Mustafa, and Samanci Nedim
Department of Paediatrics, Vakif Gureba Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. minozkaya@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVE Psychiatric symptoms are observed more commonly in mothers of children with allergic disease compared to the general population. In our study, we aimed to compare family functioning and anxiety parameters in mothers of children diagnosed allergic rhinitis and healthy controls. METHODS Study group consisted of 82 mothers of 7-15 years old children with allergic rhinitis. Control group consisted of 70 mothers of children with no chronic diseases. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD) scales was obtained from participants. RESULTS Anxiety scores in mother of children with allergic rhinitis were significantly higher than the ones in the control group (50+/-7.54, 32+/-5.44, p=0.02, respectively). Family assessment scores were higher in mother of children with allergic rhinitis when compared to the control group but did not reach statistical significance (1.89+/-0.12, 1.87+/-0.95, p=0.19, respectively). Smoking status at home and jobless father were found to have a significant impact on the evaluation scale in mothers in the case group. CONCLUSIONS Psychiatric symptoms observed in mothers of children with allergic rhinitis might be associated with child disease and the functioning of the entire family rather than features of the mother alone. Having a child with allergic rhinitis does not affect family functions according to the mother's aspect.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009034 Mother-Child Relations Interaction between a mother and child. Mother-Child Interaction,Mother-Child Relationship,Mother-Infant Interaction,Mother-Infant Relations,Interaction, Mother-Child,Interaction, Mother-Infant,Interactions, Mother-Child,Interactions, Mother-Infant,Mother Child Interaction,Mother Child Relations,Mother Child Relationship,Mother Infant Interaction,Mother Infant Relations,Mother-Child Interactions,Mother-Child Relation,Mother-Child Relationships,Mother-Infant Interactions,Mother-Infant Relation,Relation, Mother-Child,Relation, Mother-Infant,Relations, Mother-Child,Relations, Mother-Infant,Relationship, Mother-Child,Relationships, Mother-Child
D011336 Probability The study of chance processes or the relative frequency characterizing a chance process. Probabilities
D012016 Reference Values The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality. Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002908 Chronic Disease Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed). For epidemiological studies chronic disease often includes HEART DISEASES; STROKE; CANCER; and diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2). Chronic Condition,Chronic Illness,Chronically Ill,Chronic Conditions,Chronic Diseases,Chronic Illnesses,Condition, Chronic,Disease, Chronic,Illness, Chronic
D005195 Family Relations Behavioral, psychological, and social relations among various members of the nuclear family and the extended family. Family Relationship,Family Dynamics,Family Relationships,Dynamic, Family,Dynamics, Family,Family Dynamic,Family Relation,Relation, Family,Relations, Family,Relationship, Family,Relationships, Family
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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