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Study Finds Link Between Asthma and Depressive Disorders
The study was conducted at the University Of Washington School Of Medicine, Group Health Cooperative, and Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute. It involved more than 1,300 kids between the ages of 11 to 17. Of the participants, 781 had been diagnosed with or treated for asthma, and the rest were randomly selected youths with no history of asthma.
The study found that about 16 percent of the young people with asthma had depressive or anxiety disorders as compared to about 9 percent of youth without asthma. When controlling for other possible variables, kids with asthma were found to be about 1.9 times as likely to develop such disorders.
Girls were found to be at a greater risk of depressive and anxiety disorders, as were youth living in a single-parent household, those who had been diagnosed with asthma more recently, and those with more impairment in asthma-related physical health.
Researchers tested for several depressive and anxiety disorders, including depression, a mood disorder called dysthymia, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety, social phobia, and agoraphobia. These disorders are somewhat common in youth, and are associated with high risk for school problems, early pregnancy, adverse health behaviors like smoking or lack of exercise, and suicide.
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