Children with intestinal failure are at risk for psychopathology and trauma.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess psychopathology and medical traumatic stress in children with intestinal failure (IF) and identify associated risk factors.

Methods

Two-center study, performed from September 2019 until April 2022 (partly during COVID-19 pandemic), including children (1.5-17y) with IF, dependent on parenteral nutrition (PN) or weaned off PN, treated by a multidisciplinary IF-team. Psychopathology in children was evaluated with a semi-structured interview assessing psychiatric classifications and validated questionnaires assessing emotional (internalizing) and behavioral (externalizing) problems. Medical traumatic stress was assessed with a validated questionnaire. Problem scores were compared with normative data. Associations between clinical characteristics and outcomes

SUBMITTER: Vlug LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10642705 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature