Changes in parents' psychotropic medication use following child's cancer diagnosis: A fixed-effects register-study in Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Symptoms of depression and anxiety are elevated among parents of children with cancer. However, knowledge of parents' psychotropic medication use following child's cancer diagnosis is scarce.

Methods

We use longitudinal Finnish register data on 3266 mothers and 2687 fathers whose child (aged 0-19) was diagnosed with cancer during 2000-2016. We record mothers' and fathers' psychotropic medication use (at least one annual purchase of anxiolytics, hypnotics, sedatives, or antidepressants) 5 years before and after the child's diagnosis and assess within-individual changes in medication use by time since diagnosis, cancer type, child's age, presence of siblings, and parent's living arrangements and education using linear probability models with the individual fixed-eff

SUBMITTER: Metsa-Simola NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9385598 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature