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Psychosocial Profile in Portuguese Adolescents with Chronic Disease Attending an Outpatient Department in a Hospital Setting
Joint Authors
Santos, Teresa
Matos, Margarida Gaspar de
Marques, Adilson
Simões, Celeste
Leal, Isabel
Machado, Maria do Céu
Source
International Journal of Pediatrics
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-12-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Living with a chronic disease (CD) in adolescence involves new multifaceted challenges.
This study aims to conduct a psychosocial characterization of a group of adolescents with chronic diseases in a hospital setting and to compare such dimensions for the total group and for different diseases.
A cross-sectional study included 135 adolescents with chronic diseases (51.9% boys; 48.1% girls), having an average age of 14±1.5 years (SD=1.5) and attending a paediatric outpatient department in a hospital setting.
Statistically significant differences were found among the different chronic diseases for the variables self-regulation (adolescents with diabetes had significantly higher competencies) and multiple psychosomatic symptoms (adolescents with neurologic diseases reported significantly more complaints).
Boys presented both better health-related quality of life and psychosomatic health when compared to girls.
No statistically significant differences were observed for health-related quality of life, psychosomatic health, resilience, and social support.
These findings bring important suggestions especially while planning interventions, which must take into account the promotion of a healthy psychosocial development, through an inclusive perspective (covering different chronic diseases), that take into consideration specific and gendered approaches.
Such suggestions might help healthcare professionals to better plan interventions in order to increase their effectiveness.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Santos, Teresa& Matos, Margarida Gaspar de& Marques, Adilson& Simões, Celeste& Leal, Isabel& Machado, Maria do Céu. 2018. Psychosocial Profile in Portuguese Adolescents with Chronic Disease Attending an Outpatient Department in a Hospital Setting. International Journal of Pediatrics،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Santos, Teresa…[et al.]. Psychosocial Profile in Portuguese Adolescents with Chronic Disease Attending an Outpatient Department in a Hospital Setting. International Journal of Pediatrics No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1174723
American Medical Association (AMA)
Santos, Teresa& Matos, Margarida Gaspar de& Marques, Adilson& Simões, Celeste& Leal, Isabel& Machado, Maria do Céu. Psychosocial Profile in Portuguese Adolescents with Chronic Disease Attending an Outpatient Department in a Hospital Setting. International Journal of Pediatrics. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1174723
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1174723