<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The aim of this study was to perform screening for anxiety disorders among children with asthma and to reveal factors associated with general anxiety disorder and its specific forms.This was a cross-sectional study conducted among out-patients with asthma during routine visits to pediatricians. They were screened for anxiety disorders using SCARED self-reported questionnaire. Additional data were collected using specially designed questionnaire as well as the patient files. Statistical analysis was performed by the SPPS software using descriptive statistics and logistic regression.Study population consisted mostly of schoolchildren (n=58), 8-12 years old, and adolescents (13-17 years) (n=13). Approximately 33.8% respondents were positive for general anxiety disorder. The most common were separation anxiety and social anxiety, recorded among 49.3% and 32.4% of patients, respectively. Generalized anxiety and panic/somatic disorder were recorded in the same percentage of patients (21.3%), while avoiding school was the least frequent (14.08%). Influence of numerous factors was tested, but only the following showed significant effects: peak expiratory flow test was associated with general anxiety disorder, patient’s age and gender with PD, and living place, asthma control according to GINA and age on GAD. Parent’s smoking was associated with SAD, age and patient’s weight status with SPH, and GINA asthma control with SA.These findings suggest that anxiety disorders are common among children and adolescents with asthma. Various factors can be associated with general anxiety disorder and its specific forms, but some of them being preventable as avoiding smoking in the family.</abstract>

The aim of this study was to perform screening for anxiety disorders among children with asthma and to reveal factors associated with general anxiety disorder and its specific forms.This was a cross-sectional study conducted among out-patients with asthma during routine visits to pediatricians. They were screened for anxiety disorders using SCARED self-reported questionnaire. Additional data were collected using specially designed questionnaire as well as the patient files. Statistical analysis was performed by the SPPS software using descriptive statistics and logistic regression.Study population consisted mostly of schoolchildren (n=58), 8-12 years old, and adolescents (13-17 years) (n=13). Approximately 33.8% respondents were positive for general anxiety disorder. The most common were separation anxiety and social anxiety, recorded among 49.3% and 32.4% of patients, respectively. Generalized anxiety and panic/somatic disorder were recorded in the same percentage of patients (21.3%), while avoiding school was the least frequent (14.08%). Influence of numerous factors was tested, but only the following showed significant effects: peak expiratory flow test was associated with general anxiety disorder, patient’s age and gender with PD, and living place, asthma control according to GINA and age on GAD. Parent’s smoking was associated with SAD, age and patient’s weight status with SPH, and GINA asthma control with SA.These findings suggest that anxiety disorders are common among children and adolescents with asthma. Various factors can be associated with general anxiety disorder and its specific forms, but some of them being preventable as avoiding smoking in the family.

Screening for Anxiety Disorders Among Schoolchildren with Asthma

Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Pediatrics

Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine

Experimental and Applied Biomedical Research (EABR)

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The aim of this study was to perform screening for anxiety disorders among children with asthma and to reveal factors associated with general anxiety disorder...

Screening for Anxiety Disorders Among Schoolchildren with Asthma

Published Online: Jun 05, 2020

Page range: 27 - 33

Received: Nov 02, 2017

Accepted: Mar 24, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2018-0009

Keywords
asthma, children, adolescents, anxiety disorder, SCARED

© 2020 Jasmina R. Milovanovic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Screening for Anxiety Disorders Among Schoolchildren with Asthma

Published Online: Jun 05, 2020

Page range: 27 - 33

Received: Nov 02, 2017

Accepted: Mar 24, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2018-0009

Keywordsasthma, children, adolescents, anxiety disorder, SCARED

© 2020 Jasmina R. Milovanovic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
asthma, children, adolescents, anxiety disorder, SCARED