Citation

Assumpção FB, Assumpção TM. Arq. Neuropsiquiatr. 2002; 60(4): 971-973.

Vernacular Title

Avaliacao da reacao de retracao no bebe com doencas pediatricas: um estudo de

Affiliation

Departamento de Psiquiatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Associacao Arquivos De Neuro-Psiquitria)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12563391

Abstract

The evaluation of the withdrawal reaction in small children using a standardized instrument should take into account the child's psychopatologic context and its child's development moment. We present the BADS questionnaire validation by its application in 35 children aged 0 to 2 years-old with pediatric diseases, coming from Santa Casa de São Paulo. The results were compared with those of 90 normal children who were evaluated in a previous study of the same author. The test used was the independent t test, with mean scores of 5.90 +/- 2.57 for normal children and 6.37 +/- 4.83 for sick children, with p= 0,651 and significance level of 5%. Thus, it was observed that the withdrawal reaction in sick children is not significantly different for that for normal children. With these results, the scale shows its importance as a screening instrument.

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