Obsessive compulsive symptoms in mothers of children with atopic dermatitis

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Celik V., BEKEN B., GÖRKER I., Ozdemir P. G., SÜT N., Yazicioglu M.

POSTEPY DERMATOLOGII I ALERGOLOGII, cilt.40, sa.3, ss.411-415, 2023 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 40 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5114/ada.2023.128979
  • Dergi Adı: POSTEPY DERMATOLOGII I ALERGOLOGII
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.411-415
  • Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Introduction: Maternal stress, depression and anxiety are associated with atopic dermatitis (AD) in offspring. How- ever, the relationship between maternal obsessive compulsive symptoms (OCS) and AD in their children is unclear.Aim: To investigate whether maternal OCS are associated with AD in offspring.Material and methods: A total of 75 children with AD diagnosed by the paediatric allergist and 76 healthy children and their mothers were included in the study. A Turkish version of the Maudsley Obsessive Compulsive Inventory (MOCI-T) was used to assess OCS of mothers in both groups.Results: Total MOCI-T score and slowness, doubt, and rumination subscale scores were higher in the AD group than in the healthy group (p = 0.007, p = 0.001, p = 0.012 and p = 0.011, respectively) but washing/cleaning and checking subscale scores did not reach a statistically significant difference (p = 0.203 and p = 0.053, respectively). There was no correlation between SCORing Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD) and MOCI-T/subscales scores.Conclusions: Our study provides evidence for associations between maternal OCS and infantile AD. The findings support recommendations for psychosocial support of mothers of children with AD.