| Title |
Anxiety and depression levels in prepubertal obese children: a case-control study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.2147/ndt.s69795 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Maria Esposito, Beatrice Gallai, Michele Roccella, Rosa Marotta, Francesco Lavano, Serena Marianna Lavano, Giovanni Mazzotta, Domenico Bove, Michele Sorrentino, Francesco Precenzano, Marco Carotenuto |
| Abstract |
Childhood obesity has become a worldwide epidemic in Western and in developing countries and has been accompanied by many serious and severe comorbidities, such as diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea syndrome, depression, dyslipidemia, impaired glucose homeostasis, steatohepatitis, and intracranial hypertension, as well as medical concerns unique to youth, such as accelerated pubertal and skeletal development and orthopedic disorders. To date, no specific studies about the psychological assessment in pediatric obesity are present. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the putative relationship between psychological troubles and obesity in a sample of school-aged children. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Peru | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 155 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 20 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 10% |
| Researcher | 12 | 8% |
| Other | 38 | 24% |
| Unknown | 37 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 40 | 25% |
| Psychology | 25 | 16% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 21 | 13% |
| Unknown | 44 | 28% |