Journal of Asthma and Allergy (Aug 2023)

Assessment of Anxiety, Depression, and Sleep Quality in Mothers of Children with Atopic Dermatitis: A Qualitative Questionnaire Study

  • Song J,
  • Gao Y,
  • Wang Y,
  • Dai H,
  • Jia X,
  • Xiang Q,
  • Zhang H,
  • Zheng R,
  • Zhang W

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 16
pp. 879 – 887

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Jingjing Song,* Yuyan Gao,* Yufei Wang, Huan Dai, Xiaoxiao Jia, Qiangwei Xiang, Hui Zhang, Rongying Zheng, Weixi Zhang Department of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children’s Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Weixi Zhang, Email [email protected]: To compare the anxiety, depression and sleep quality of mothers of healthy control children and mothers of children with atopic dermatitis (AD) of varying severity, both before and after treatment.Methods: A total of 120 parent–child dyads participated in the study. These dyads were divided into four subgroups of 30 patients each: mild AD, moderate AD, severe AD, and control groups. The children’s symptoms, their mothers’ psychological status, and their mothers’ sleep quality were evaluated using the Scoring of Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), respectively, before and after a one-month comprehensive treatment.Results: SCORAD, representing differences in severity of children’s AD, decreased significantly after one month’s treatment (p < 0.001). Anxiety in mothers significantly decreased in all AD severity groups after treatment (p < 0.05). However, for depression, only the mothers in the mild and moderate AD groups showed a decrease after treatment (p < 0.05). The PSQI total score also decreased in the mild AD group after treatment (p < 0.05).Conclusion: The most severe effect was seen in the psychology and sleep quality of mothers of children with severe AD. After one month of treatment, the psychological health and sleep quality of the mothers in the mild AD group significantly improved, while those of mothers in the moderate and severe AD groups showed partial improvement.Keywords: atopic dermatitis, mothers, sleep quality, psychological health, questionnaire

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