Depression and anxiety among parents of phenylketonuria children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the existence of depression and/or anxiety with underlying risk factors among parents of children with classical phenylketonuria (PKU).

Methods

This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Division of Pediatric Metabolism, Ankara Children`s Hospital, Dokuz Eylul University, Kirikkale University, and Erzurum Local Research Hospital, Turkey, between January and July 2014. Parents of 61 patients and 36 healthy controls completed the self-report questionnaires. We used Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) to assess the parental depression and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory S-T (STAI S-T) to assess parental anxiety.

Results

Depression and anxiety scores were significantly higher in the case group (BDI: 12.3 ± 9.1; STAI-S: 38.2 ± 9.6; STAI-T: 43.2 ± 6.

SUBMITTER: Gunduz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4727619 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature