Letter to the EditorWhat about dads? An exploratory analysis of depressive symptoms in paternal primary caregivers of children with epilepsy
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Do subjective and objective measures of stress agree in a clinical sample of youth and their parents?
2022, Comprehensive PsychoneuroendocrinologyCitation Excerpt :A large body of research demonstrates that adolescent females perceive higher levels of stress compared to their male peers [16]. This sex difference generally appears in adulthood as well [54], however, we did not observe this difference in the current study; this may be related to all parents in the study being the primary caregiver for their child, given previous evidence suggesting that the primary caregiving role may be a more important determinant of psychological distress than biological sex [55]. The results also found female sex to be associated with lower HCC in parents, which is consistent with previous research [49,56].
Impact of childhood Dravet syndrome on care givers of patients with DS, a major impact on mothers
2020, Epilepsy and BehaviorCitation Excerpt :Mothers of young children with epilepsy (aged 1–7 years) reported poorer sleep quality than fathers [14], and mothers were more likely than fathers to experience sleep disturbances [12]. It has been suggested that this effect is not sex related (i.e. mothers are less likely to cope) but instead is a consequence of which parent is the primary caregiver [16] as in our group. The impact of having a child with DS extends to the parents' social life and relationships with family and friends; this finding has been reported in other studies and was confirmed by our survey.
Quality of life and correlating factors in children, adolescents with epilepsy, and their caregivers: A cross-sectional multicenter study from Germany
2019, SeizureCitation Excerpt :Looking at the single items of the EQ-5D questionnaire, a differentiated pattern of significant sub scores for every factor correlating with a poorer QoL in caregivers became visible. For most tested categories, the item of “anxiety/depression” reached levels of significance, which underlines the strong effect of epilepsy on the mood of caregivers, which has been extensively shown for mothers and fathers in previous studies [22–24]. The item “Self-care” did not reach any level of significance in all analyzed factors, which might be explained by the fact that parents are usually not suffering from chronic illnesses themselves.
Parents experience problems in psychological and family functioning two to four years after their child's epilepsy surgery
2018, Epilepsy and BehaviorCitation Excerpt :This may explain why mothers reported more psychological problems than fathers: as primary caregivers, they were confronted more often with their child's difficult situation. This has been suggested previously [2,5], but research including paternal primary caregivers is scarce [29]. Parental hostility and problems in family communication both relate to anger and conflict in interaction (see Appendices 1 & 2).
A systematic review of quality of life in parents of children with epilepsy
2018, Epilepsy and Behavior