The risk factors for negative emotions in parents of children with bacterian vulvovaginitis and its impact on prognosis: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vulvovaginitis is one of the most common pediatric gynecological diseases and easily causes the negative emotions for the parents. However, there are few studies on the influence of parental anxiety and depression on children's disease and prognosis. This study aimed to analyze the risk factors of negative parental emotions and their effects on the prognosis of children, in order to improve life quality of children.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed 303 pediatric patients who developed bacterian vulvovaginitis from April 2017 to April 2022 based on our inclusion and exclusion criteria. The Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) and Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) were used to assess the negative emotions and binary logistic regression was used to analyze the indepen

SUBMITTER: Xie Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10167391 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature