title: Comorbidity between asthma attacks and internalizing disorders among Puerto Rican children at one-year follow-up.
abstract: Authors examined the association between internalizing disorders and asthma attacks at 1-year follow-up among a community sample of 1,789 children and adolescents ages 5-18 years living on the island of Puerto Rico. The Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children was administered to assess DSM-IV internalizing disorders during the past year. Children with a lifetime history of asthma attacks at baseline had greater odds of having an internalizing disorder at 1-year follow-up, independent of socio-demographic measures. However, an association was not found between asthma attacks and persistence of internalizing disorders. These findings show that the association between internalizing disorders and asthma attacks was replicated 1 year later in the same sample.
authors.affiliation: Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva Univ., Rousso Building, 1300 Morris Park Ave., Bronx, NY 10461, USA. JFeldman@aecom.yu.edu
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: Alexander N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: Elizabeth L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: McQuaid
authors.forename: Glorisa
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Canino
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000453:epidemiology; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data