Psychiatric disorders and symptoms severity in pre-school children with cow's milk allergy

• E. Topal ^[3] ; F. Catal ^[3] ; N. Soylu ^[3] ; O.O. Ozcan ^[3] ; M.H. Celiksoy ^[1] ; A. Babayiğit ^[4] ; D. Erge ^[2] ; H.T.E. Karakoç ^[3] ; R. Sancak ^[1]
  1. [1] Ondokuz Mayıs University

     Ondokuz Mayıs University

     Turquía

     
  2. [2] Adnan Menderes University

     Adnan Menderes University

     Turquía

     
  3. [3] Inonu University Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Turkey
  4. [4] Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul

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• Localización: Allergologia et immunopathologia: International journal for clinical and investigate allergology and clinical immunology, ISSN-e 1578-1267, ISSN 0301-0546, Vol. 44, Nº. 5, 2016, págs. 445-449
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Background Psychiatric disorders are seen frequently in atopic diseases. The present study aims to evaluate the frequency of psychiatric disorders and the severity of psychiatric symptoms in pre-school children with cow's milk allergy.

    Methods The parents of the pre-school children with cow's milk allergy were interviewed in person and asked to fill out the Early Childhood Inventory-4 form.

    Results The cow's milk allergy group included 40 children (27 male, 13 female) with mean age, 44.5±14.7 months, and the control group included 41 children (25 male, 16 female) with mean age, 47.6±15.2 months. It was established that 65% of the group with cow's milk allergy received at least one psychiatric diagnosis, while 36.6% of the control group received at least one psychiatric diagnosis, with a statistically significant difference (p=0.02). Within the psychiatric disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (odds ratio: 4.9, 95% CI: 1.472–16.856, p=0.006), oppositional defiant disorder (odds ratio: 5.6, 95% CI: 1.139–28.128, p=0.026), and attachment disorder (odds ratio: 4.8, 95% CI: 1.747–13.506, p=0.004) were found significantly higher compared with the healthy control group. When the groups were compared in terms of psychiatric symptom severity scores, calculated by using the Early Childhood Inventory-4 form, attention deficit hyperactivity disorders severity (p=0.006) and oppositional defiant disorder severity (p=0.037) were found to be higher in the cow's milk allergy group.

    Conclusion Psychiatric disorders are frequent and severe in pre-school children with cow's milk allergy.