Bodily sensations and quality of life in adolescents with non-cardiac chest pain: a comparative study for the undetermined part of a frequent health problem.

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Demirçelik Y., Üzüm Ö., Eliaçik K., Kanik A., Bolat N., Elmali F., ...Daha Fazla

Minerva pediatrics, cilt.76, sa.3, ss.299-307, 2024 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 76 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.23736/s2724-5276.21.06045-6
  • Dergi Adı: Minerva pediatrics
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, MEDLINE
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.299-307
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background:

Chest pain in adolescents represents a considerable burden for health services and israrely associated with cardiac disease. Since chest pain could be related to psychosocial factors thereis a need for exploring the relationships among stressful situations, drug consumption, suicidalbehaviors, accompanying bodily symptoms and health-related quality of life in adolescents with non-cardiac chest pain.

Methods:

In this study, we assessed these determinants in 108 adolescents with non-cardiac chestpain (NCCP) and a control group of 77 patients using a structured interview applied to the patientspresented to the cardiology outpatient clinics of Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir,Türkiye, between 30 October 2018 and 30 June 2019. After the interview, the adolescents were given aself-administered pediatric quality of life inventory and the body sensations questionnaire forassessing aspects of fear.

Results:

Adolescents with NCCP expressed more panic associated bodily symptoms and reportedworse subjective physical, academic, and emotional functioning in addition to more suicidal ideation.

Conclusions:

NCCP could be accepted as a warning sign of an underlying psychosocial problem andrequires a more interdisciplinary collaborative care by pediatricians, psychologists, and psychiatrists.