Anxiety and depression in teenagers and young adults with asthma

dc.contributor.author	Κοτρωτσίου, Ευαγγελία	el
dc.contributor.author	Κρομμύδας, Γεώργιος	el
dc.contributor.author	Παπαθανασίου, Ιωάννα	el
dc.contributor.author	Κοτρωτσίου, Στυλιανή	el
dc.contributor.author	Παραλίκας, Θεοδόσιος	el
dc.contributor.author	Λαχανά, Ελένη Σ.	el
dc.contributor.author	Κυπαρίσση, Γεωργία	el
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-15T11:25:19Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-15T11:25:19Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-15
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1309
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	Anxiety in children--Diagnosis
dc.subject	Depression in adolescence--Diagnosis
dc.subject	Άγχος
dc.subject	Κατάθλιψη
dc.subject	Άσθμα
dc.subject	Νεολαία
dc.subject	Έφηβοι
dc.subject	Asthma
dc.subject	Young
dc.title	Anxiety and depression in teenagers and young adults with asthma	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.classification	Clinical health psychology
heal.classification	Ψυχική υγεία
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heal.language	en
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heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2011-09
heal.bibliographicCitation	Kotrotsiou, E., Krommydas, G., Papathanasiou, I., Kotrotsiou, S., Paralikas, T., Lahana, E., Kiparissi, G.. (2011). Anxiety and depression in teenagers and young adults with asthma. Health Science Journal". 5 (3), 229-36.	en
heal.abstract	Background : Psychological factors influences the course of asthma and clinical observations suggest that the asthma and stress are closely related to one another Αim : The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of asthma in teenagers and young adults and to investigate any relation between asthma , anxiety and depression. Material and method: The sample of the present study consisted of 1148 students aged 15-25 years old. Questionnaires on asthma (European Community Respiratory Health Survey Questionnaire), depression and anxiety (Bedford & Foulds questionnaire) were used. The level of importance was 0,05. SPSS for Windows, 8.0 version was used for statistical processing. Results : 31,1% of the participants were males and 68,9% females. The medium age was 18,9 years. The frequency of asthma amounted to the 9,3%, while the asthmatic crises the last year (current asthma) amounted to the 3,4%. Anxiety and depression were statistically more prevalent among persons with asthma, in comparison to students without asthma and to healthy individuals, p<0,005. 75 % and 50 % of the students with asthma scored above 6 in the anxiety and depression scale respectively, whereas percentages in non-asthmatic children were 12% and 9% respectively. Conclusion: Anxiety and depression are prevalent among youngsters with asthma. A further relation between asthma and central nervous system is suggested.	en
heal.publisher	Μαρβάκη, Χριστίνα	el
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
heal.fullTextAvailability	true
heal.dateCreated	2011-07