The Social, Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties in Thalassemic Adolescents and Psychopathology in Their Parents

SÜRER ADANIR A., Taskiran G., Koparan C., ÖZATALAY E.

GUNCEL PEDIATRI-JOURNAL OF CURRENT PEDIATRICS, vol.15, no.3, pp.35-46, 2017 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 15 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Journal Name: GUNCEL PEDIATRI-JOURNAL OF CURRENT PEDIATRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.35-46
  • Keywords: Chronic disease, Beta-Thalassemia, adolescent, parents, psychosocial difficulties, psychopathology, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, BETA-THALASSEMIA, PSYCHOSOCIAL-ASPECTS, CHRONIC ILLNESS, CHILDREN, TURKEY, HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES, CAREGIVERS, BURDEN
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of this study is to investigate the social, emotional and behavioral difficulties in adolescents and the prevalance of pyschopatology in parents of adolescents with beta eta-thalassemia, a chronic disease which is a hereditary blood disorder characterized by reduced or absent beta globin chain synthesis, resulting in decreased red blood cell production, anemia and subsequent secondary diseases as a result of iron loading.