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Comparative Study
. 1993 May;32(3):562-7.
doi: 10.1097/00004583-199305000-00011.

Anxiety and intrafamilial stress in children with hemophilia after the HIV crisis

R Bussing  1 , R C Burket
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Comparative Study

Anxiety and intrafamilial stress in children with hemophilia after the HIV crisis

R Bussing et al. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1993 May.

Abstract

Objective: The 12-month prevalence of DSM-III-R anxiety disorders and intrafamilial stress ratings were determined in 23 children with hemophilia, 37 children with asthma, and 31 healthy children.

Method: Diagnoses were made using the parent and child versions of the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS), and intrafamilial stress ratings were obtained using the Index of Family Relations (IFR).

Results: HIV-positive boys with hemophilia had significantly higher rates of anxiety disorders than did the other comparison groups (p = 0.05), mainly owing to a high rate of separation anxiety disorder. Intrafamilial stress ratings were highest in the asthma group, where 29.7% of the children and 24.3% of the parents reached clinically significant scores.

Conclusions: Anxiety disorders appear to be common in HIV-positive children with hemophilia; however, they report little intrafamilial stress.

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