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Is there a relationship between demographic factors and depression, anxiety, and stress in adolescents with thalassemia?
Volume 6, Issue 1, 2023-2024, Pages 96 - 104
1 Master of pediatric nursing, Department of Nursing,School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Shiraz.Iran
2 Assistant professor, Community Based, Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical, Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and Epidemiology , Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical , Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Abstract :
Thalassemia is a common genetic disorder worldwide that affects millions of people, including teenagers. On the one hand, this chronic disease has adverse effects on the mental health of affected adolescents, and on the other hand, demographic factors cause the exacerbation of these adverse effects, including depression, anxiety, and stress in adolescents. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between demographic factors and depression, anxiety and stress in adolescents with thalassemia. In this descriptive-analytical study, 64 adolescents with thalassemia in the thalassemia department of Shahid Dastghib Medical Education Center in Shiraz, who met the conditions for entering the study, were selected and entered the study by a simple random method after completing the informed consent form by the adolescent or their parents. The data collection tool was a demographic questionnaire including gender, age, education level of the teenager, education level of the teenager father, education level of the teenager mother, family income level and history of thalassemia in the family and depression, anxiety and stress questionnaire DASS-21. Data were analyzed using SPSS 21. The results of the study showed that family income and gender are effective in the incidence of depression, anxiety and stress in teenagers with thalassemia, so programs and strategies to adapt or eliminate the negative effects of demographic factors are recommended.
Thalassemia is a common genetic disorder worldwide that affects millions of people, including teenagers. On the one hand, this chronic disease has adverse effects on the mental health of affected adolescents, and on the other hand, demographic factors cause the exacerbation of these adverse effects, including depression, anxiety, and stress in adolescents. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between demographic factors and depression, anxiety and stress in adolescents with thalassemia. In this descriptive-analytical study, 64 adolescents with thalassemia in the thalassemia department of Shahid Dastghib Medical Education Center in Shiraz, who met the conditions for entering the study, were selected and entered the study by a simple random method after completing the informed consent form by the adolescent or their parents. The data collection tool was a demographic questionnaire including gender, age, education level of the teenager, education level of the teenager father, education level of the teenager mother, family income level and history of thalassemia in the family and depression, anxiety and stress questionnaire DASS-21. Data were analyzed using SPSS 21. The results of the study showed that family income and gender are effective in the incidence of depression, anxiety and stress in teenagers with thalassemia, so programs and strategies to adapt or eliminate the negative effects of demographic factors are recommended.
Keywords :
Thalassemia, demographic factors, depression, anxiety and stress
Thalassemia, demographic factors, depression, anxiety and stress
