Evaluation of Anxiety and Depression Levels in Children with Chest Pain Using A Standardized Scale
Abstract
Objective: Chest pain in children may be caused by psychogenic disorders. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between chest pain and the levels of anxiety and depression in children.
Method: Children admitted to a pediatric cardiology unit with the complaint of chest pain and healthy controls were included. History of the cases, physical examination findings, and the results of biochemical tests, electrocardiogram, 24-h Holter monitoring and echocardiographic examination were recorded. The group with chest pain and the control group were compared using the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale-Child Version.
Results: A total of 100 children with chest pain [46 (46.0%) boys and 54 (54.0%) girls; mean age, 12.5 years] and 55 healthy controls [25 (45.5%) boys and 30 (54.5%) girls; mean age, 13.1 years] were included into the study. The psychiatric scale was applied to children aged 8-18 years (93 cases with chest pain and 54 control subjects). The scores of all the subscales were statistically higher in the group with chest pain than in the control group (generalized anxiety disorder: 7.39±3.4 versus 5.48±2.6, P=0.001; major depressive disorder: 8.84±6.1 versus 6.27±4.7, P=0.009; panic disorder: 9.07±6.1 versus 4.92±4.7, P=0.000; separation anxiety disorder: 5.53±3.7 versus 3.77±3.3, P=0.005; obsessive-compulsive disorder: 6.48±3.6 versus 4.74±3.3, P=0.005; social anxiety disorder: 10.1±5.5 versus 7.81±4.9, P=0.010).
Conclusion: There seems to be an association between increased levels of anxiety and depression disorders and chest pain in children. A comprehensive psychiatric assessment should be carried out in pediatric chest pain cases in addition to some basic cardiac evaluations.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Health Care Administration
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Mehmet Uzunoğlu
0000-0002-8441-4096
Türkiye
Mahmut Keskin
*
0000-0002-6826-2985
Türkiye
Ümit Işık
0000-0001-6006-3247
Türkiye
Publication Date
October 20, 2020
Submission Date
June 4, 2020
Acceptance Date
September 5, 2020
Published in Issue
Year 2020 Volume: 12 Number: 3
Cited By
Comparison of Anxiety in Children with Non-cardiac Chest Pain and a Control Group
Journal of Comprehensive Pediatrics
https://doi.org/10.5812/jcp-158291


