Assessment of quality of life of parents of children with juvenile chronic arthritis |
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Authors: | Press J Neumann L Uziel Y Bolotin A Buskila D |
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Institution: | (1) Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, IL;(2) Meir Hospital, Kfar Saba and Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, IL |
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Abstract: | The aim of the study was to assess the quality of life (QOL) and the psychological status of parents of children with juvenile
chronic arthritis (JCA). The QOL, anxiety and depression of the parents of 28 children with JCA were evaluated and compared
to those of the parents of 28 healthy children. Mothers of JCA children and mothers of healthy children reported similar QOL.
The reported anxiety and depression levels were similar for mothers and fathers in both groups. The parents of children with
pauciarticular-type JCA reported lower QOL and higher levels of anxiety and depression than the parents of children with other
types, namely polyarticular and systemic JCA. These findings may be explained by the fact that the pauciarticular patients
had shorter disease duration and were less frequently seen in the outpatient clinic. The QOL of mothers of children with JCA
was found to be slightly impaired in the group of children with pauciarticular JCA. Future larger studies are needed to confirm
these results, as the number of subjects in the three groups was rather low.
Received: 26 September 2001 / Accepted: 8 February 2002 |
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Keywords: | :Children – Juvenile chronic arthritis – Parents – Quality of life |
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