TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychosomatic symptoms in parents 2 years after the death of a child with cancer
AU - Moore, Ida Marie
AU - Gilliss, Catherine L.
AU - Martinson, Ida
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - Forty-five mothers and 30 fathers, representing 58 families, completed the Symptom Checklist 90-Re-vised, a measure of current psychological and somatic symptoms, 24 months after the death of a child with cancer. The mean scores from six symptom dimensions (somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, and hostility) and a global measure of the depth of symptomatology, the Global Severity Index, were contrasted with those of the nonpatient and psychiatric outpatient norms reported by Derogatis (1983). Two years after the child’s death parents showed a symptom profile reflecting significantly greater distress than that reported by nonbereaved, nonpatient adults. The results highlight important distinctions between bereaved parents and psychiatric outpatients.
AB - Forty-five mothers and 30 fathers, representing 58 families, completed the Symptom Checklist 90-Re-vised, a measure of current psychological and somatic symptoms, 24 months after the death of a child with cancer. The mean scores from six symptom dimensions (somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, and hostility) and a global measure of the depth of symptomatology, the Global Severity Index, were contrasted with those of the nonpatient and psychiatric outpatient norms reported by Derogatis (1983). Two years after the child’s death parents showed a symptom profile reflecting significantly greater distress than that reported by nonbereaved, nonpatient adults. The results highlight important distinctions between bereaved parents and psychiatric outpatients.
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U2 - 10.1097/00006199-198803000-00010
DO - 10.1097/00006199-198803000-00010
M3 - Article
C2 - 3347517
AN - SCOPUS:0023897593
SN - 0029-6562
VL - 37
SP - 104
EP - 107
JO - Nursing research
JF - Nursing research
IS - 2
ER -