Depression-anxiety Levels and the Quality of Life Among Children and Adolescents with Coeliac Disease

Fidan, Tulin; Ertekin, Vildan; Karabag, Kezban

doi:10.5350/dajpn2013260301

Depression-anxiety Levels and the Quality of Life Among Children and Adolescents with Coeliac Disease

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Fidan T., Ertekin V., Karabag K.

DUSUNEN ADAM-JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, vol.26, no.3, pp.232-238, 2013 (ESCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 26 Issue: 3
Publication Date: 2013
Doi Number: 10.5350/dajpn2013260301
Journal Name: DUSUNEN ADAM-JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Page Numbers: pp.232-238
Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Coeliac disease is a chronic and inflammatory disease of the upper small intestine resulting from faulty gluten ingestion in genetically susceptible individuals. There is no sufficient data about the psychiatric symptoms and quality of life in children and adolescents with coeliac disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the quality of life in children and adolescents with coeliac disease.