Impacto na qualidade de vida de famílias com crianças e adolescentes com transtornos mentais

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the impact on health-related quality of life in parents of children and adolescents with mental disorders in a psychiatric outpatient clinic of a pediatric hospital and to relate with their sociodemographic data. Method: This is a cross- sectional, quantitative and descriptive study carried out in the city of Fortaleza, CE, in the period of September and October of 2018. The study population was composed by the parents of the patients who answered the sociodemographic questionnaire and the PedsQL inventory - Family Impact Module, Version 2.0. Results: The data of the 57 participants were evaluated and a mean of 67.8 with a standard deviation of 29.8 was obtained in the total score. There were significant interactions between the PedsQL and data on the parents: marital status and family income; in relation to the patient: age, religion, use of medication, psychotherapeutic follow-up, age of onset of the mental disorder, age at which drug treatment began, and agreement between the diagnosis declared by the parents and the registered in the medical record. Conclusion: The study revealed data that may be useful for planning actions and care of patients and families, and in the clinical practice of SUS.