TY - JOUR AU - un,Soner Sazak,Habip Gedik,Vefik Arica, Fatih Cemal Ozdemir,Huseyin Dag*, Nevin Cetin Dag,Emine Turkkan,Hasan Durs PY - 2019/03/09 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - EVALUATION OF EMOTIONAL CHANGES IN THE MOTHERS OF PATIENTS WHO HAVE A DIAGNOSIS of FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER JF - Innovative Journal of Medical and Health Sciences JA - ijmhs VL - 9 IS - 3 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.15520/ijmhs.v9i3.2467 UR - http://innovativejournal.in/index.php/ijmhs/article/view/2467 SP - 319-322 AB - <p>Aim: The chronic diseases of childhood affect significantly on those who take care<br>of them. Mostly this is the duty of mothers. Mothers are the primary caretakers,<br>so they may have psychological problems. There are limited numbers of studies on<br>the depression of mothers who take care of the children with Familial Mediterranean<br>Fever. Aim of the study was to investigate depression levels and factors related to<br>depression in mothers of children with Familial Mediterranean Fever.<br>Material and Methods: The mothers of children diagnosed with Familial Mediterranean<br>fever, aged between 24 and 54 years, educated and voluntarily wanted to join<br>the research were selected (n:53). Socieodemographic and clinic data form and Beck<br>Depression Inventory form were given to them.<br>Results: The mean beck depression inventory score was 16.36.8. According to the<br>classification of Beck Depression Inventory, 35.8% of mothers had minimal depression,<br>32.1% had mild, 26.4% had moderate and 5.7% had severe depression. A weak positive<br>relationship was found between the Beck Depression Inventory score and the numbers<br>of child in the family. The mean attack of Familial Mediterranean Fever in the last<br>year was statistically and significantly high in those mothers who were depressed than<br>who were not.<br>Conclusion: The level of depression in the mothers of children diagnosed with Familial<br>Mediterranean Fever was close to the cut-off point of Turkish standards (17 points).<br>The severity of the Familial Mediterranean Fever and the depression of the mothers<br>were having a parallel relationship. Children of depressed mothers were having more<br>Familial Mediterranean fever episodes.</p> ER -