头发皮质醇与精神病理学之间的关联在患有慢性身体疾病的儿童中
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Emma A L Littler1, Zahid A Butt1, Andrea Gonzalez2
1School of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
概括
患有慢性身体疾病 (CPI) 的儿童表现出明显的头发皮质醇度 (HCC) 模式. 降低HCC轨迹与较少的精神病理症状有关,这表明高皮质醇可能会影响儿童的心理健康.
科学领域:
- 儿科健康 儿科健康
- 心理神经内分泌学心理学
- 儿童心理学 儿童心理学
背景情况:
- 患有慢性身体疾病 (CPI) 的儿童面临更高的压力和精神病理风险.
- 在这个人群中,慢性压力仍然没有得到充分的研究.
- 头发皮质醇度 (HCC) 是慢性压力的有效生物标志物.
研究的目的:
- 在患有CPI的儿童中识别头发皮质醇度 (HCC) 轨迹.
- 调查HCC轨迹与精神病理症状之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 对244名儿童 (2-16岁) 进行的前性队列研究 (MY LIFE) 具有CPI.
- 在48个月内收集了3厘米的头发样本用于皮质醇分析.
- 使用家长报告的情绪行为尺度评估精神病理症状.
主要成果:
- 确定了三种不同的HCC轨迹:高分泌 (68%),低分泌 (8.6%) 和高到低 (23.4%).
- 与高分泌组相比,超多到低分泌组的儿童表现出明显较低的内化 (β = -3.17,p = 0.005) 和外化 (β = -2.27,p = 0.007) 症状.
- 一个下降的HCC轨迹与减少的精神病理相关.
结论:
- 患有CPI的儿童表现出独特的HCC轨迹.
- 慢性上升的皮质醇水平可能会导致CPI儿童的精神病理发展.
- 头发皮质醇度 (HCC) 轨迹为与压力相关的心理健康结果提供了见解.
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