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- Title
Anxiety, depressive, and posttraumatic stress symptoms in mothers of children with type 1 diabetes.
- Authors
Horsch, Antje; McManus, Freda; Kennedy, Paul; Edge, Julie
- Abstract
This study investigated the prevalence of mothers' anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms triggered by their child's type 1 diabetes and identified individual diabetes-related traumatic stressors. Sixty mothers of children who had been diagnosed with diabetes within the past 5 years were interviewed using the Structured Clinical Interview (SCID) DSM-IV-PTSD module, and completed the Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale (PDS) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Fifteen percent of participants met criteria for partial and 10% for full PTSD. Fifty-five percent of participants identified hearing about their child's diagnosis as the traumatic stressor. Forty percent of participants reported moderate to severe symptoms of state-anxiety and 17% moderate to severe symptoms of depression. This study highlights the significant emotional impact this diagnosis in children can have on mothers, and identifies a population with clinical needs.
- Subjects
RESEARCH; MOTHERS; ANXIETY; CHILDREN; POST-traumatic stress disorder; SYMPTOMS; DIABETES; STRUCTURED Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders; MENTAL depression
- Publication
Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2007, Vol 20, Issue 5, p881
- ISSN
0894-9867
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/jts.20247