Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: A Cost of Illness Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Pella, Jeffery E.; Slade, Eric P.; Pikulski, Paige J.; Ginsburg, Golda S.
Titel	Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: A Cost of Illness Analysis
Quelle	48 (2020), S.551-559 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pella, Jeffery E.) Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Anxiety Disorders; Correlation; Children; Adolescents; Costs; Mental Health; Health Services; Depression (Psychology); Severity (of Disability); Behavior Problems; Family (Sociological Unit); Attendance; Family Work Relationship; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; High School Students; Psychiatric Hospitals; Employee Absenteeism; Parent Child Relationship; Connecticut; Maryland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Korrelation; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Cost; Kosten; Psychohygiene; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Schweregrad; Familie; Anwesenheit; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Phsychiatric institution; Psychiatrische Einrichtung; Employee; Absenteeism; Absentismus; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung
Abstract	Few studies provide information about the clinical correlates of economic costs in pediatric anxiety disorders. This study uses baseline data from a randomized trial involving 209 children and adolescents with clinical anxiety to examine clinical and demographic correlates of direct and indirect costs. Measured costs included the direct costs of mental health services and the indirect costs resulting from children's missed school and parents' missed work. Validated measures of anxiety and depression severity and of internalizing and externalizing behaviors were reported by youth, their parents, and independent evaluators. Seventy-two percent of youth (n=150) had positive costs. Among these youth, the mean annual total cost was $6405 ("sd"-=$11,674), of which $5890 represented direct cost and $4658 represented indirect cost. Higher average costs were correlated with greater child anxiety and depression severity (p<0.001). Most pediatric anxiety disorders result in substantial individual and family costs, and costs may increase rapidly with elevated anxiety severity and depressed mood. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01