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. 2023 Jan 9:103:adv00844.
doi: 10.2340/actadv.v103.2242.

Psychological Stress in Parents of Children with Atopic Dermatitis: A Cross-sectional Study from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Hyun Ji Lee  1 , Gyu-Na Lee  2 , Ji Hyun Lee  3 , Ju Hee Han  3 , Kyungdo Han  4 , Young Min Park  5
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Psychological Stress in Parents of Children with Atopic Dermatitis: A Cross-sectional Study from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Hyun Ji Lee et al. Acta Derm Venereol. .

Abstract

Atopic dermatitis is a chronically relapsing inflammatory skin condition that has profound impacts on quality of life of patients and their family. The aim of this study is to investigate the psychological stress in parents of children with atopic dermatitis in Korea, using data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). This cross-sectional study included parents of participants under 19 years of age (970 with atopic dermatitis and 5,733 without atopic dermatitis after excluding those who meet the exclusion criteria) from the 2009 to 2012 KNHANES. The psychological stress state was evaluated with the following four questionnaire items: self-perception of stress, depressed mood, suicidal ideation, and diagnosis of depression by a physician. After adjusting for age, gender, education level, occupation, and marital status, logistic regression analyses indicated that mothers of children with atopic dermatitis had a higher frequency of stress perception (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 1.46 (95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.22-1.74), p < 0.01) and suicidal ideation (aOR 1.40 (95% CI 1.1-1.79), p < 0.01) than those without atopic dermatitis. In contrast, fathers of children with atopic dermatitis did not show a significant difference in all items compared with those of children without atopic dermatitis. Understanding the psychological stress in parents of children with atopic dermatitis is important for clinicians, since evaluation, management and support for parents, especially mothers, of children with atopic dermatitis are required.

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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Flow chart for study subject selection. AD: atopic dermatitis; KNHANES: the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
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