Family strain and its relation to psychosocial dysfunction in children and adolescents after liver transplantation

Family strain and its relation to psychosocial dysfunction in children and adolescents after liver transplantation

Parental functioning is essential to children's development. Therefore, this cross‐sectional single‐center study examined the prevalence of family strain in 181 parents and its associations to psychosocial functioning in their children after LT. Median age at LT was one yr. Mean time elapsed si...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatric transplantation 2014-12, Vol.18 (8), p.851-859
Hauptverfasser: Kaller, T., Petersen, I., Petermann, F., Fischer, L., Grabhorn, E., Schulz, K.-H.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child Behavior
Child, Preschool
children
Cross-Sectional Studies
distress
family strain
Female
Humans
Infant
Interviews as Topic
liver transplantation
Liver Transplantation - psychology
Male
Middle Aged
Parent-Child Relations
parents
Parents - psychology
Quality of Life
Regression Analysis
Risk Factors
Stress, Psychological - etiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Zusammenfassung:Parental functioning is essential to children's development. Therefore, this cross‐sectional single‐center study examined the prevalence of family strain in 181 parents and its associations to psychosocial functioning in their children after LT. Median age at LT was one yr. Mean time elapsed since LT was 5.8 yr. The IFS, and the SDQ were applied to parents. Family strain in the present sample was comparable to that in the German normative group of families with a chronically ill or disabled child, but families of LT recipients showed a significantly higher financial impact, impact on coping, and impact on siblings (p 
ISSN:1397-3142
1399-3046
DOI:10.1111/petr.12367