E J Silver1, L E Westbrook, R E Stein. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.
Abstract
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. CONCLUSION: 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.
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. CONCLUSION: 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.
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