TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship of parental psychological distress to consequences of chronic health conditions in children
AU - Silver, Ellen Johnson
AU - Westbrook, Lauren E.
AU - Stein, Ruth E.K.
N1 - Funding Information:
Portions of this paper were presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Washington, DC, May 8,1996. This work was supported in part by grants to R. E. K. Stein, MD, from the Preventive Intervention Research Center, National Institute of Mental Health #P50-MH 38280; National Child Health Assessment Planning Project (NCHAPP), Maternal and Child Health Bureau #MCJ-367007; Data Project to Assist States
PY - 1998/2
Y1 - 1998/2
N2 - Objective: To assess whether parents' self-reported psychological distress was related to consequences of chronic health conditions in their children as reflected by three domains: functional limitations, reliance on compensatory mechanisms, and service use above routine care. Methods: We used telephone survey data on children's health and parents' psychiatric symptoms from an inner-city community sample (n = 380) and a population-based national sample (n = 398). Results: In the national sample, parents of children with functional limitations were more distressed than parents whose children experienced other types of condition consequences or none. In the inner-city sample, presence of a health condition was associated with greater parental distress, but there were no significant effects by consequence type. Conclusions: Research needs to determine if parents of children with functional limitations represent a high-risk group and to identify the factors associated with their elevated distress.
AB - Objective: To assess whether parents' self-reported psychological distress was related to consequences of chronic health conditions in their children as reflected by three domains: functional limitations, reliance on compensatory mechanisms, and service use above routine care. Methods: We used telephone survey data on children's health and parents' psychiatric symptoms from an inner-city community sample (n = 380) and a population-based national sample (n = 398). Results: In the national sample, parents of children with functional limitations were more distressed than parents whose children experienced other types of condition consequences or none. In the inner-city sample, presence of a health condition was associated with greater parental distress, but there were no significant effects by consequence type. Conclusions: Research needs to determine if parents of children with functional limitations represent a high-risk group and to identify the factors associated with their elevated distress.
KW - Childhood chronic illness
KW - Porental psychological distress
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U2 - 10.1093/jpepsy/23.1.5
DO - 10.1093/jpepsy/23.1.5
M3 - Article
C2 - 9564123
AN - SCOPUS:0031977165
SN - 0146-8693
VL - 23
SP - 5
EP - 15
JO - Journal of Pediatric Psychology
JF - Journal of Pediatric Psychology
IS - 1
ER -