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Assessment of Quality of Life, Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Serbian Children with Celiac Disease and their Parents

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Abstract

Objectives

To evaluate the level of health-related quality of life (QoL) and presence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in Serbian children with celiac disease from the perspective of patients and their parents.

Methods

This cross-sectional study investigated the group of children and adolescents with celiac disease aged 5–18 y, and at least one parent of each patient with celiac disease. The patients and their parents were recruited at the Institute of Mother and Child Health of Serbia and the University Children’s Hospital in Belgrade. The instruments used in this study were child-self and parent-proxy versions of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL), Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorder (SCARED) and Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ). Additional information was collected from the medical records of each patient.

Results

According to the PedsQL questionnaire, the quality of life was similarly assessed by both parents and their children (p > 0.05), as well as the presence of depressive symptoms according to MFQ questionnaire. However, a statistically significant difference was observed in the total score of the SCARED questionnaire for children and parents [total score (p < 0.05), panic-somatic disturbance (p < 0.01) and social anxiety (p < 0.01)].

Conclusions

The patients and their parents in Serbia have similarly assessed the quality of life of children with celiac disease, but the differences in the scores of SCARED questionnaire indicate that it is necessary to include both children and parents in the assessment of QOL.

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  1. Higher Education School of Professional Health Studies, Belgrade, Serbia

    Biljana Stojanović & Stevan Jovanović

  2. Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia

    Aleksandar Kočović

  3. Academy of Medical Sciences of the Serbian Medical Society, Belgrade, Serbia

    Nedeljko Radlović

  4. Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Zoran Leković

  5. University Children Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia

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  6. Mother and Child Health Care Institute of Serbia “Dr Vukan Cupic” Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

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  7. Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Hygiene and Ecology, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia

    Nela Đonović

  8. Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia

    Biljana Vuletić

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Stojanović, B., Kočović, A., Radlović, N. et al. Assessment of Quality of Life, Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Serbian Children with Celiac Disease and their Parents. Indian J Pediatr 86, 427–432 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-018-2836-4

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