tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: " Is there a protective effect of normal to high intellectual function on mental health in children with chronic illness"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Is there a protective effect of normal to high intellectual function on mental health in children with chronic illness? | Ryland et al. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2010 4 3 http content 4 1 3 CHILD ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH Open Access Is there a protective effect of normal to high intellectual function on mental health in children with chronic illness Hilde K Ryland1 Astri J Lundervold1 2t Irene Elgen3 Mari Hysing2t Abstract Background High intellectual function is considered as a protective factor for children s mental health. Few studies have investigated the effect of intellectual function on mental health in children with chronic illness CI . The aim of the present study was twofold First we asked if normal to high intellectual function IQ has a protective effect on mental health in children with CI and secondly if this effect is more substantial than in their peers NCI . Methods The participants were selected among children who participated in the Bergen Child Study BCS 96 children with CI the CI-group and 96 children without CI the NCI-group . The groups were matched on intellectual function as measured by the WISC-III by selecting the same number of children from three levels of the Full Scale IQ Score FSIQ very low 70 low 70 to 84 or normal to high 84 . CI was reported by parents as part of a diagnostic interview Kiddie-SADS-P_ that also generated the mental health measures used in the present study the presence of a DSM-IV psychiatric diagnosis and the score on the Children s Global Assessment Scale. Results The risk of a psychiatric diagnosis was significantly lower for children with a normal to high FSIQ-level than for children with a very low and low FSIQ-level in the CI-group as well as in the NCI-group. The group differences were statistically non-significant for all three FSIQ-levels and the effect of the interaction between the group-variable CI NCI and the FSIQ-level was non-significant on both measures of mental health. Conclusion The present study showed a protective effect of normal to high intellectual .