Evaluation of Psychosocial Morbidity among Children and Adolescents with Beta-Thalassemia Major | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||||
| Article 81, Volume 90, Issue 2, January 2023, Page 2526-2533 PDF (448.56 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.286036 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Ghada Abdelaziz Mohamed Abdelaziz  ; Osama Roshdy Elsafi; Nelly R. Abdel Fattah; Mahmoud Abdelazeem
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| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Thalassemia major (TM) is a long-term illness that affects the child and family emotionally and psychologically. Aim: To assess the existence of psychiatric symptoms in thalassemia-affected children and teenagers, such as hysteria, somatic symptoms, obsessive symptoms, depressive symptoms, anxiety, and phobic anxiety. Subjects and methods: This is a case-control study that included 42 children and adolescents who have transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia major and 42 healthy controls. All patients underwent Psychological assessment using a questionnaireby The Arabic version of the Child Behavior Check List (CBCL/6-18). Results: There was a significant difference between the two groups regarding total problems grades that were clinical and borderline in cases more than in the control group. Conclusion: The Arabic version of the Child Behavior Check List identifies behavioral and psychological issues in patients with beta-thalassemia major. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| psychosocial; thalassemia major; children; adolescents | ||||
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