TITLE:
Depression and Anxiety among Parents of Children with Cystic Fibrosis Related to the Children’s Health Related Quality of Life
AUTHORS:
Agneta Bergsten Brucefors, Jacek Hochwälder, Jessica Sjövall, Lena Hjelte
KEYWORDS:
Cystic Fibrosis, Depression, Anxiety, Quality of Life, Parents, Children
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Nursing,
Vol.5 No.5,
May
20,
2015
ABSTRACT: The aim was to examine depression and anxiety among parents of children with Cystic Fibrosis and the association between the parents’ symptoms and the child’s quality of life as rated by the parents. Parents completed HADS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), and CES-D (Center of Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale), and assessed the children’s quality of life with CFQ-R (Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised). Anxiety amongst the parents was higher than the general population (m = 6.55, SD = 3.54, p