Effect of Caregiver Depressive Symptoms on the Concordance Between Caregiver and Youth Assessment of Youth Physical Health.
Effect of Caregiver Depressive Symptoms on the Concordance Between Caregiver and Youth Assessment of Youth Physical Health.
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照顾者抑郁症状对照顾者和青少年身体健康评估一致性的影响。
DOI:
10.1007/s10995-021-03273-6
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发表时间:
2021
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Negriff,Sonya
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作者:
Schneiderman,JanetU;PalmerMolina,Abigail;Mennen,FerolE;Negriff,Sonya
ObjectivesTo explore how caregivers’ (birth parents, adoptive parents, relative caregivers, and unrelated caregivers) depressive symptoms moderate the concordance between their and their youth’s assessment of the youth’s physical health symptoms, diseases, and physical health status.MethodsParticipants included 224 youth with mean age of 18.0 years (SD = 1.3) and their caregivers. Multiple-group models were run to test whether caregiver depression status moderated the concordance between youth and caregiver report of physical health outcomes. Models compared caregivers above the mean for depression in the sample (n = 62) with caregivers below the mean for depression in this sample (n = 128).ResultsThere was a strong correlation between youth and caregiver report of pain in the last 30 days and physical health status in the caregiver group with no/fewer depressive symptoms [r(128) = 0.29,p= 0.04;r(128) = 0.59, p < 0.01], but no significant correlation between the two in the caregiver group with higher depressive symptoms [r(62) = − 0.27,p= 0.27;r(62) = − 0.14, p = 0.57].Conclusions for PracticeHigher caregiver depressive symptoms was associated with worse concordance between caregiver and youth assessment of the youth’s pain and physical health status. These two health issues are less visible and more subjective and communication between caregiver and youth may be affected by the caregiver’s depressive symptoms. Since both caregiver and youth assessments of a youth’s physical health provide the best clinical data, it may be helpful for health providers to assess caregiver’s mental health status to provide a more complete picture.