Psychological distress among younger siblings of patients with homozygous sickle cell disease in the Jamaican cohort study
West Indian med. j
; 49(1): 52-4, Mar. 2000. tab
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ABSTRACT
The presence of a chronically ill family member may adversely affect the psychological health of siblings. This study used the General Health Questionnaire and the Modified Social Adjustment Scale to assess psychological distress in 20 younger siblings (4 AA, 16 AS genotypes), aged 16-19 years, of patients with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease. The results were compared with those previously obtained in the 20 older siblings with SS disease and in 89 controls with a normal haemoglobin (AA) genotype. High levels of psychological distress occurred among all three groups. Greater psychological distress and poorer social adjustment occurred among siblings compared to AA controls but these differences disappeared after adjusting for the reduced age of sibings. The two measures were similar in SS patients and AA controls. The level of psychological distress among siblings of SS patients did not differ from that in SS patients or AA controls.
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LILACS
Asunto principal:
Estrés Psicológico
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Núcleo Familiar
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Anemia de Células Falciformes
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Caribe ingles
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Jamaica
Idioma:
En
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
Año:
2000
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Article