Dominik Sebastian Sieh1, Anne Marie Meijer, Johanna M A Visser-Meily. 1. Research Institute of Child Development and Education, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. D.S.Sieh@uva.nl
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To assess risk factors for stress in children 3 years after parental stroke. PARTICIPANTS: Questionnaires were filled in by 44 children aged 7-18 years, parents who suffered a stroke and healthy spouses from 29 families recruited in 9 participating rehabilitation centers across the Netherlands. METHOD: We measured patient functioning (cognitive disorders, communicative disorders and ADL dependency), parental depression and perceived quality of marital relationship at 4 assessments, from the start of rehabilitation until 3 years post-stroke. Children assessed their stress level 3 years after parental stroke. RESULTS: Girls experienced more stress than boys. Spouses' depressive symptoms during the first year after stroke were positively correlated with stress in children. Patients' depressive symptoms 2 months post-rehabilitation (2 months after discharge from the rehabilitation center), 1 year and 3 years post-stroke were also positively correlated with stress in children. The perceived quality of marital relationship decreased over time and at 2 months post-rehabilitation, it was related to stress in children. Stress was not related to patient gender and functioning. CONCLUSIONS: Early prediction of long-term stress in children after parental stroke may be most accurate on the basis of children's female gender and depressive symptoms of the patient. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)
OBJECTIVES: To assess risk factors for stress in children 3 years after parental stroke. PARTICIPANTS: Questionnaires were filled in by 44 children aged 7-18 years, parents who suffered a stroke and healthy spouses from 29 families recruited in 9 participating rehabilitation centers across the Netherlands. METHOD: We measured patient functioning (cognitive disorders, communicative disorders and ADL dependency), parental depression and perceived quality of marital relationship at 4 assessments, from the start of rehabilitation until 3 years post-stroke. Children assessed their stress level 3 years after parental stroke. RESULTS:Girls experienced more stress than boys. Spouses' depressive symptoms during the first year after stroke were positively correlated with stress in children. Patients' depressive symptoms 2 months post-rehabilitation (2 months after discharge from the rehabilitation center), 1 year and 3 years post-stroke were also positively correlated with stress in children. The perceived quality of marital relationship decreased over time and at 2 months post-rehabilitation, it was related to stress in children. Stress was not related to patient gender and functioning. CONCLUSIONS: Early prediction of long-term stress in children after parental stroke may be most accurate on the basis of children's female gender and depressive symptoms of the patient. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)
Authors: Dominik Sebastian Sieh; Dominik Sebstian Sieh; Johanna Maria Augusta Visser-Meily; Anne Marie Meijer Journal: PLoS One Date: 2013-11-18 Impact factor: 3.240