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Full and Partial DSM-5 PTSD in Parents of Children with Epilepsy: Exploring Gender Differences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

C. Carmassi ,
M. Corsi ,
C. Gesi ,
C.A. Bertelloni ,
F. Faggioni ,
E. Calderani ,
G. Massimetti ,
D. Peroni ,
A. Bonuccelli  and
A. Orsini
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C. Carmassi
Affiliation:
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pisa, Italy
M. Corsi
Affiliation:
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pisa, Italy
C. Gesi
Affiliation:
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pisa, Italy
F. Faggioni
Affiliation:
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pisa, Italy
E. Calderani
Affiliation:
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pisa, Italy
G. Massimetti
Affiliation:
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pisa, Italy
D. Peroni
Affiliation:
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pisa, Italy
A. Bonuccelli
Affiliation:
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pisa, Italy
A. Orsini
Affiliation:
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pisa, Italy
L. Dell’Osso
Affiliation:
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pisa, Italy

Abstract

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Introduction

Increasing literature suggests the need to explore PTSD and post-traumatic stress symptoms among parents and caregivers of children with acute and chronic illnesses but scant data are available on epilepsy.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to estimate full and partial PTSD rates among parents of children with epilepsy according to DSM-5 criteria. Further, aim of this study was to examine eventual gender differences between mothers and fathers.

Methods

One hundred and thirty-eight parents, 91 mothers (65.9%) and 47 (34.1%) fathers, of children diagnosed with epilepsy were interviewed using the SCID-5.

Results

Full and partial DSM-5 PTSD were reported by 10.4% and 37.3% of patients, respectively. Significant gender differences, with the mother more affected, emerged in the rates of partial A PTSD rates (P = 0.048) and in the endorsement rates of criterion B (intrusion symptoms) (P = 0.047), criterion D (negative alterations in cognitions and mood) (P = 0.010) and criterion E (alterations in arousal and reactivity) (P < 0.001) too.

Conclusions

This is the first study to identify post-traumatic symptoms in caregivers of pediatric patients with epilepsy with the use of current diagnostic criteria and the relevance of the results suggests the need for further studies on this risk population.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-Poster Viewing: Post-traumatic stress disorder
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S722
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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