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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

Caring for a Child with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Diagnosed by Newborn Screening: Parental Health-Related Quality of Life, Coping Patterns, and Needs.

Laura Rautmann, Stefanie Witt, Christoph Theiding, Birgit Odenwald, Uta Nennstiel-Ratzel, Helmuth-Günther Dörr, Julia Hannah Quitmann

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. An urgent need for early diagnosis and universal health care: insights from a series of interviews with parents of children living with congenital adrenal hyperplasia in Indonesia.Clinical pediatric endocrinology : case reports and clinical investigations : official journal of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Laura RautmannDepartment of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, W26, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
Stefanie WittDepartment of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, W26, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6143-7594
Christoph TheidingDepartment of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, W26, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0009-0001-7011-9459
Birgit OdenwaldBavarian Screening Center, Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety, Veterinärstraße 2, 85764 Oberschleißheim, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0137-4819
Uta Nennstiel-RatzelBavarian Screening Center, Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety, Veterinärstraße 2, 85764 Oberschleißheim, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5659-9820
Helmuth-Günther DörrDepartment of Pediatric Endocrinology, University Children's Hospital Erlangen, Loschgestr. 15, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4838-6737
Julia Hannah QuitmannDepartment of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, W26, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7920-2339
Universität Hamburg · DEInstitute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology · DEUniversitätsklinikum Erlangen · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diagnosing a child by newborn screening with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (CAH) causes multiple challenges for the affected parents and the whole family. We aimed to examine the health-related Quality of Life (HrQoL), coping, and needs of parents caring for a child with CAH to develop demand-responsive interventions for improving the psychosocial situation of affected families. In a retrospective cross-sectional design, we assessed HrQoL, coping patterns, and the needs of parents caring for a CAH-diagnosed child using specific questionnaires. Data of 59 families with at least one child diagnosed with CAH were analyzed. The results show that mothers and fathers in this study reached significantly higher HrQoL scores compared to reference cohorts. Decisive for the above-average parental HrQoL were effective coping behaviors and the parental needs being met. These findings verify the importance of helpful coping patterns and rapid fulfillment of parental needs for maintaining a good and stable HrQoL of parents with a child diagnosed with CAH. It is crucial to strengthen the parental HrQoL to build a reasonable basis for a healthy upbringing and improve the medical care of CAH-diagnosed children.

Indexed as

Adrenal Hyperplasia, CongenitalAdaptation, PsychologicalChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornNeonatal ScreeningQuality of LifeRetrospective Studies21-hydroxylase deficiencycongenital adrenal hyperplasianewborn screeningparental copingparental needspsychological stressrare disease

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PMID36901502
PMCPMC10002056
OpenAlexW4323044011

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