Emotional distress in family caregivers of adolescents with bronchial asthma: analysis of its predictors.

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Valero-Moreno, Selene Pérez-Marín, Marián Montoya-Castilla, Inmaculada Corullón, Silvia Castillo‐ Ramírez-Aguilar, Alvar Escribano-Montaner, Amparo
Copyright Year	2018
Abstract	INTRODUCTION Adolescents with asthma face problems inherent to this stage in their development, to which the challenges of taking over control of their disease, complying with a daily treatment and regular medical followup are added. Any rejection generated by this may lead to treatment non-adherence and poor asthma control, which brings about problems in family dynamics, made worse by the stress or the emotional distress that this situation causes in caregivers. OBJECTIVE Identify adjustment profiles and predictors of risk for the well-being of caregivers of pediatric patients with bronchial asthma. MATERIAL AND METHODS Seventy-nine family caregivers of pediatric patients with bronchial asthma. Instruments were used to assess the emotional status (Hospital Anxiety and DepressionScale, HADS) and the perceived level of stress associated with medical care of a pediatric patient (Pediatric Inventory for Parents, PIP). We analyzed the patient's medical outcome measures and the family caregiver's psychological outcome measures regarding their emotional distress and stress. RESULTS Of all caregivers studied, 34.8% exhibit anxiety symptomatology and moderate perceived stress. Emotional symptomatology correlates positively and significantly with the stress level. The models that best predict emotional distress of caregivers (40-50% of explained variance) include time since diagnosis and patient's treatment burden as stress indicators. CONCLUSIONS The presence of stress resulting from care, time of exposure and burden of treatments associated with the disease are identified as the main predictors of risk for the well-being of caregivers.
Starting Page	e234
Ending Page	e240
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Alternate Webpage(s)	https://www.sap.org.ar/docs/publicaciones/archivosarg/2018/v116n2a15e.pdf
PubMed reference number	29557606v1
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.5546/aap.2018.eng.e234
DOI	10.5546/aap.2018.eng.e234
Journal	Archivos argentinos de pediatria
Volume Number	116
Issue Number	2
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Anxiety Disorders Asthma Behavior Depressive disorder Feeling upset Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Questionnaire Patients Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult Sample Variance
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Resource Type	Article