Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology

ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STATES OF PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC DISEASE IN A TURKISH SAMPLE

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Professor and Director of Department of Child Psychiatry

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Associate Professor of Department of Child Psychiatry

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Associate Professor of Department of Public Health

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Clinical Child Psychologist of Department of Child Psychiatry, Military Medical Academy,Ankara Turkey

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology 1996; 6: 54-65
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To assess the psychological states of the parents whose children with chronic and lethal disease 20 parents of children with types of cancer and 25 parents of healthy children were selected. Symptom Check-List 90 (SCL-90) and Questionnaire and Resource on Stress were administered all their mothers and fathers. The depression and Anxiety Scores were found higher in the parents whose children with a chronic disease compared to the parents who have healthy children. Findings suggest that these parents suffer from financial problems, limitations on family opportunities and life span child care.


Assessment of psychologıcal states of parents of children with chronic disease in a turkish sample

Çocuklarında kronik ve ölümcül hastalık olan ebeveyinlerin psikolojik durumlarını değerlendirmek için, çeşitli tipdeki kanserli çocukların 20 ebeveyini ve sağlıklı çocukların 25 ebeveyini seçildi. Tüm anne ve babalarına Ruhsal Belirti Tarama Listesi 90 (SCL-90) ve Stres kaynakları ve ölçeği uygulandı.Kronik hastalıklı çocukları olan ebeveyinlerin depresyon ve anksiyete skorları, sağlıklı çocukların ebeveyinleriyle kıyaslandığında daha yüksek bulundu.Bulgular bu ebeveyinlerin mali problemlere maruz kaldığı, aile fırsatlarının kısıtlandığı ve yaşaın çocuk bakımına harcandığını göstermektedir.

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