Lan Xinghui, Mei Qixia, Zhou Xinyu, et al. Depression and anxiety of 53 cases of children and adolescents with dissociative(conversion) disorders. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 42(12):1666-1670(2017)
DOI:
Lan Xinghui, Mei Qixia, Zhou Xinyu, et al. Depression and anxiety of 53 cases of children and adolescents with dissociative(conversion) disorders. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 42(12):1666-1670(2017) DOI: 10.13406/j.cnki.cyxb.001453.
Depression and anxiety of 53 cases of children and adolescents with dissociative(conversion) disorders
Objective:To investigate the clinical manifestations and personality characteristics associated with depression and anxiety among children and adolescents cases with dissociative(conversion)disorders.Methods:Clinical data
the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire(EPQ)scores
the Depression Self Rating Scale for Children(DSRSC)scores
and the Screen for Child Anxiety Relate Emotional Disorders(SCARED) scores of 53 pediatric patients with dissociative(conversion) disorders from Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University were retrospectively analyzed.Results:Thirty-four cases(64.2%) were suffered from depression and anxiety.Results of Chi-squared tests showed that adolescents were at higher risk of depression than children(64.5% vs.14.8%
χ2=12.307
P
<
0.001)
and patients with emotional instability were at higher risk of anxiety(56.4% vs.11.1%
χ
2
=6.013
P=0.014)
and depression and anxiety were significantly related to each other(51.9% vs.23.1%
χ2=4.668
P=0.031).Binary logistic regression analysis showed that emotional instability was associated with anxiety(OR =13.390
95%CI =1.352 to 132.624
P=0.027)
while patients with older age were at higher risk of depression(OR=1.534
95%CI=1.133 to 2.078
P=0.006).Conclusion:The detection rate of depression and anxiety are high among children and adolescents with dissociative(conversion)disorders.Emotional instability is associated with anxiety among children and adolescents cases with dissociative(conversion)disorders
and patients with older age are at higher risk of depression.