Systematic review with meta-analysis: anxiety and depression in children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease.

L StapersmaGertrude van den BrinkE M SzigethyJ C EscherE M W J Utens

Published in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2018)

The described pooled prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms is lower than in adult IBD. However, due to varying instruments/cut-offs for measuring symptoms and few studies investigating disorders, the results should be interpreted with caution. Cross-cultural use of the same instruments is needed to gain better insight into prevalence rates.

Keyphrases

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