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Distress, catastrofismo e qualità di vita dei bambini affetti da malattia infiammatoria cronica intestinale
Distress, catastrophism and quality of life in children with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases
Chiara De Carlo1, Matteo Bramuzzo2
1Scuola di Specializzazione, Università di Trieste
2IRCCS Materno-Infantile “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste
Dicembre 2020 - pagg. 634 -637 | DOI: 10.53126/MEB39634
Abstract
Inflammatory bowel diseases can lead to the development of distress and catastrophic
constructs in children and their parents and have an important impact on the patients’
quality of life. This pilot study showed that about half of children and parents report a
significant state of distress that is related to a worse quality of life in children. About one
fifth of patients also have catastrophising thoughts about their pain despite the remission
of the disease, thus also this psychological construct has a strong correlation with the
worsening of their quality of life. Psychological management could help to improve the
quality of life in children with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases.
Riassunto
Le malattie infiammatorie croniche dell’intestino possono portare allo sviluppo di distress e di costrutti catastrofisti nei bambini e nei loro genitori e avere un importante impatto sulla qualità di vita dei pazienti.
Questo studio pilota ha mostrato come circa la metà dei bambini e dei genitori riporti uno stato di distress significativo e come questo sia correlato a una peggiore di vita nei bambini. Circa un quinto dei bambini ha inoltre pensieri catastrofisti relativamente al proprio dolore nonostante la remissione della malattia, e anche questo costrutto psicologico ha una forte correlazione con il peggioramento della qualità di vita.
Una presa in carico psicologica potrebbe aiutare a migliorare la qualità dei vita dei bambini con malattie infiammatorie croniche dell’intestino.
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