Shorter time since inflammatory bowel disease diagnosis in children is associated with lower mental health in parents.

Hochreiter, Werner; Braegger, Cp; Buehr, P; Koller, Roger; Nydegger, A; Spalinger, Johannes; Heyland, K; Schibli, Susanne; Meyer-Landolt, Lukas (2015). Shorter time since inflammatory bowel disease diagnosis in children is associated with lower mental health in parents. Acta paediatrica, 104(1), e32-e38. Wiley 10.1111/apa.12781

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AIM

This study assessed the mental health of parents of children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), compared their mental health with age-matched and gender-matched references and examined parental and child predictors for mental health problems.

METHODS

A total of 125 mothers and 106 fathers of 125 children with active and inactive IBD from the Swiss IBD multicentre cohort study were included. Parental mental health was assessed by the Symptom Checklist 27 and child behaviour problems by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Child medical data were extracted from hospital records.

RESULTS

While the mothers reported lower mental health, the fathers' mental health was similar, or even better, than in age-matched and gender-matched community controls. In both parents, shorter time since the child's diagnosis was associated with poorer mental health. In addition, the presence of their own IBD diagnosis and child behaviour problems predicted maternal mental health problems.

CONCLUSIONS

Parents of children with IBD may need professional support when their child is diagnosed, to mitigate distress. This, in turn, may help the child to adjust better to IBD. Particular attention should be paid to mothers who have their own IBD diagnosis and whose children display behaviour problems.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine
04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute for Infectious Diseases

UniBE Contributor:

Hochreiter, Werner, Koller, Roger, Spalinger, Johannes, Schibli, Susanne, Meyer-Landolt, Lukas

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology

ISSN:

1651-2227

Publisher:

Wiley

Language:

English

Submitter:

Anette van Dorland

Date Deposited:

05 Feb 2015 10:45

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:39

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/apa.12781

PubMed ID:

25164428

Uncontrolled Keywords:

children, distress, inflammatory bowel disease, mental health, parents

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.62491

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/62491

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