Enquadramento: Os problemas socio-emocionais e comportamentais das crianças estão relacionados com o desenvolvimento de transtornos na vida adulta afetam negativamente as relações a família os pares. É importante detetar precocemente estes para saudável da criança. A Baby Pediatric Symptom Checklist (BPSC) é um instrumento simples fiável avaliação 1 aos 18 meses. Objetivos: Este estudo tem como...

Aims and objectives Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) affects mental state and social activities. On the contrary, mental disorders may also play a crucial role in GERD symptoms. The purpose of the study was to analyze the data of Symptom Checklist 90-Revised (SCL-90-R) questionnaire from patients with persisting GERD and to explore the impact of psychological factors on them. Materials ...

The accurate assessment of psychopathological behaviours adolescents and young adults is imperative. Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) one the most comprehensive widely used scales addressing this purpose internationally. Interestingly, associations between different SCL-90 symptoms family functioning have been highlighted. Nevertheless, scale’s factorial structure has often challenged. T...

Exposure to community violence can influence adolescents' anxiety. Researchers have examined the relationship between exposure to community violence and anxiety. In their pursuit to explore that relationship, researchers have used a variety of instruments. This review of literature provides an overview of the instruments used to measure anxiety in adolescents exposed to community violence and e...

The Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) is a brief screening questionnaire designed to help pediatricians in busy office practice select children who are likely to have psychosocial difficulties and thus could benefit from further evaluation. We report two preliminary validation studies that indicate that PSC correlates well with the Childhood Behavior Checklist, a longer, well-validated question...

Subjective symptom assessment should be a fundamental component of health-related quality of life (HRQL) assessment in end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Unfortunately, no symptom checklist has established reliability or validity in ESRD. We report the validation of a modified Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) in 507 dialysis patients who concurrently completed the Kidney Dialysis Quality ...

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Despite being a core characteristic of anxiety disorders, little data have been reported on somatic symptoms (SSs) in youth with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Eighty-five children and adolescents with OCD were administered the Children’s Yale Brown ObsessiveCompulsive Scale and completed the Children’s Depression Inventory and Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children. Their parents co...