Anxiety, Depression, and Quality of Life in Parents of Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Longitudinal Study.

Satomi NomuraYuri HiranoIchiro TakeuchiHirotaka ShimizuKatsuhiro Arai
Published in: Pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology & nutrition (2023)
Parents tended to experience decreased mental health and quality of life when their adolescents experienced active inflammatory bowel disease. Consequently, our hypothesis was partially verified. Therefore, parents need support when their children have active disease; this finding highlights the need for parental support systems.