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Mental Disorder In Children With Physical Conditions: A Pilot Study, Alexandra Butler, Ryan J Van Lieshout, Ellen Louise Lipman, Harriet L Macmillan, Andrea Gonzalez, Jan Willem Gorter, Kathy Georgiades, Kathy N Speechley, Michael H Boyle, Mark A Ferro
Mental Disorder In Children With Physical Conditions: A Pilot Study, Alexandra Butler, Ryan J Van Lieshout, Ellen Louise Lipman, Harriet L Macmillan, Andrea Gonzalez, Jan Willem Gorter, Kathy Georgiades, Kathy N Speechley, Michael H Boyle, Mark A Ferro
Paediatrics Publications
Objectives
Methodologically, to assess the feasibility of participant recruitment and retention, as well as missing data in studying mental disorder among children newly diagnosed with chronic physical conditions (ie, multimorbidity). Substantively, to examine the prevalence of multimorbidity, identify sociodemographic correlates and model the influence of multimorbidity on changes in child quality of life and parental psychosocial outcomes over a 6-month follow-up.
Design
Prospective pilot study.
Setting
Two children's tertiary-care hospitals.
Participants
Children aged 6-16 years diagnosed in the past 6 months with one of the following: asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, food allergy or juvenile arthritis, and their parents.
Outcome Measures
Response, …
Mindfulness And Multiple Sclerosis, Mandakini Sadhir
Mindfulness And Multiple Sclerosis, Mandakini Sadhir
Pediatrics Faculty Publications
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, debilitating autoimmune condition with unknown etiology. It can have significant impact on quality of life and overall sense of wellbeing. It can be associated with poor sleep, fatigue, mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression and affect interpersonal relationships. Impact of mindfulness based interventions in mental health conditions, chronic illness as well as multiple sclerosis in adults has been widely studied. Several studies have concluded that mindfulness based intervention can be beneficial in improving quality of life, mental health and physical symptoms such as fatigue in adult patients with multiple sclerosis. Current literature suggest that …