Left-handedness and parental psychopathology in the course of bronchial asthma in childhood
dc.creator | Krommydas, G. C. | en |
dc.creator | Gourgoulianis, K. I. | en |
dc.creator | Angelopoulos, N. V. | en |
dc.creator | Andreou, G. | en |
dc.creator | Molyvdas, P. A. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-23T10:37:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-23T10:37:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 8831874 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11615/30049 | |
dc.description.abstract | Psychopathology in the family seems to have a role in the course of a child's asthma. The purpose of this study was to examine the possible impact of parental anxiety and depression on the course of asthma, as well as to examine the relationship between left-handedness and asthma in children. The International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Childhood (ISAAC), the Foulds and Bedford Inventory for Anxiety and Depression (DSSI/sAD), and the Edinburgh Left-handedness Inventory were administered to 70 families with asthmatic children 4-8 years old. One year later, the children's asthma was reevaluated using a brief questionnaire based on ISAAC. A sample of 70 families with nonasthmatic healthy children were used as controls. The majority of children in the study group had mild asthma. Allergic rhinitis was found in 31.4% and allergic dermatitis in 20% of the sample. The parents of the asthmatic children scored significantly higher in DSSI/sAD compared to parents of the controls. Maternal anxiety reached the level of clinical disease. Maternal anxiety and left-handedness of the child were associated with asthmatic attacks 1 year later. These results suggest an important psychological role in the evolution of asthma. A possible genetic link between asthma and psychiatric diseases may exist. | en |
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dc.subject | allergic rhinitis | en |
dc.subject | anxiety | en |
dc.subject | article | en |
dc.subject | asthma | en |
dc.subject | child | en |
dc.subject | child parent relation | en |
dc.subject | controlled study | en |
dc.subject | depression | en |
dc.subject | disease course | en |
dc.subject | disease severity | en |
dc.subject | family history | en |
dc.subject | female | en |
dc.subject | genetic linkage | en |
dc.subject | human | en |
dc.subject | left handedness | en |
dc.subject | major clinical study | en |
dc.subject | male | en |
dc.subject | mental disease | en |
dc.subject | priority journal | en |
dc.subject | questionnaire | en |
dc.subject | scoring system | en |
dc.subject | skin allergy | en |
dc.title | Left-handedness and parental psychopathology in the course of bronchial asthma in childhood | en |
dc.type | journalArticle | en |
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