Depresión en escolares y adolescentes portadores de leucemia aguda en fase de tratamiento

Objective: To describe depression levels in school aged children and adolescents with acute leukemia during the treatment. Materials and methods: This transversal descriptive study took place during January to September 2012 and included school aged children and adolescents, carriers of acute leukemia, in treatment at a high-ranking specialty hospital. A modified Kovacs questionnaire (CDI) was applied. They were grouped according to presence or absence of depression. Inferential statistics with χ2 and Statistical package SPSS 20.0 were used. Results: Forty-six patients were included in the study: with depression n = 43 (94%), without depression n=3 (6%), males n= 32 (70%) and females n=14 (30%), average age 8 years old (7-15). Acute lymphoblast leukemia was the most frequent n=42 patients (91%). Depression was found in 42 patients

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