Antidepressant Treatment of Caregivers of Children With Asthma

Factors Related to Emotional Responses in School-aged Children Who Have Asthma

“…Although two quasi-experimental designs were found in the search, this finding demonstrates the lack of experimental design use in testing hypotheses regarding emotional responses of children who have asthma. The quasi-experimental designs retrieved in this review lacked randomization and do not meet the criteria for testing cause and effect in hypotheses, as does the true experimental research design method (Brown et al, 2008; McQuaid et al, 2000; Polit & Beck, 2008). …”

“…Among the 39 studies analyzed, 12 (31% of total) studies addressed caregiver emotional symptoms and beliefs (Bartlett et al, 2001, 2004; Brown et al, 2006, 2008; Celano et al, 2008; Chen et al, 2003; Goldberg, 2011; Ortega, Goodwin et al, 2004; Shalowitz, Berry, Quinn, & Wolf, 2001; Silver, Warman, & Stein, 2005; Spear, 2007; Waxmonsky et al, 2006). Eight of these 12 (21% of total, 66.6% of caregiver) studies discussed depressive symptoms of caregivers of children who have asthma (Bartlett et al, 2001, 2004; Brown et al, 2006, 2008; Celano et al, 2008; Shalowitz et al, 2001; Spear, 2007; Waxmonsky et al, 2007).…”

“…Eight of these 12 (21% of total, 66.6% of caregiver) studies discussed depressive symptoms of caregivers of children who have asthma (Bartlett et al, 2001, 2004; Brown et al, 2006, 2008; Celano et al, 2008; Shalowitz et al, 2001; Spear, 2007; Waxmonsky et al, 2007). Other findings discussed general caregiver mental health (Ortega, Goodwin et al, 2004), caregiver anxiety (Silver, Warman, & Stein, 2005), family dynamics and caregiver beliefs (Chen et al, 2003), and effects of depression and anxiety on caregivers (Brown et al, 2006).…”

Exploration of the Influence of Factors Identified in the Literature on School-aged Children's Emotional Responses to Asthma

“…Caretakers of children who had more severe asthma symptoms were reported to have more anxiety when compared to caretakers of children who had less severe asthma symptoms (Silver, Warman, & Stein, 2005). Children’s asthma symptoms were reported to decrease as their mothers’ emotional well-being improved (Brown et al, 2008). Negative maternal emotional responses have been linked to decreased self-efficacy in coping with their child’s asthma episodes (Bartlett et al, 2001; Barlett et al, 2004), increased use of health services (Brown et al, 2006), and lower warmth/involvement and greater hostility scores when doing interaction tasks (Celano et al, 2008).…”

“…Negative maternal emotional responses have been linked to decreased self-efficacy in coping with their child’s asthma episodes (Bartlett et al, 2001; Barlett et al, 2004), increased use of health services (Brown et al, 2006), and lower warmth/involvement and greater hostility scores when doing interaction tasks (Celano et al, 2008). Asthma symptoms decreased in children who had asthma, as did rates of unscheduled asthma visits when caregivers of children who had asthma were treated successfully for depression (Brown et al, 2008). …”