101. Depression, levels of anxiety and self-concept in girls with Turner's syndrome
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Gönül Öcal, Ayça Törel Ergür, and Birim Günay Kiliç
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Depression levels ,Adolescent ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Self-concept ,Turner Syndrome ,Pilot Projects ,Anxiety ,Endocrinology ,Humans ,Medicine ,Child ,Psychiatry ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,Familial short stature ,media_common ,Depression ,business.industry ,Case-control study ,Self-esteem ,Turner's syndrome ,Self Concept ,Case-Control Studies ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
Self-esteem, depressive symptoms and anxiety symptoms in girls with Turner's syndrome (TS) were compared to those in girls with familial short stature (FSS) and healthy controls (NC). Eleven girls with TS, 9-17 years of age, all with 45,X0 karyotype, who were matched with 11 girls with FSS and 11 NC girls who had similar socio-demographic characteristics, were enrolled in the study. The Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC), and Piers-Harris Children's Self Concept Scale (PHSCS) were used to assess the extent of depression, anxiety and self reported self-esteem. The PHSCS means and standard deviations of the TS, FSS and NC groups were 56.2 +/- 6.7, 62.7 +/- 6.9, and 69.3 +/- 6.0, and the STAIC-state anxiety means and standard deviations were 30.6 +/- 4.5, 28.8 +/- 6.1, and 25.7 +/- 3.7, respectively. Study findings showed that girls with TS had lower self-esteem and higher state anxiety levels than NC (p