title: Difference in anxiety symptoms between children and their parents facing a first seizure or epilepsy.
abstract: Many studies have shown that anxiety disorders are common in children with epilepsy. We explored symptoms of anxiety simultaneously in children and their parents. We conducted a cross-sectional study using the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale in children and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adult in parents. We included 118 parents and 67 children, who were divided into three groups: (1) first seizure, (2) epilepsy, and (3) nonepileptic paroxysmal event. We found that the level of anxiety in parents and children differed. We observed a significant increase in the anxiety level of parents whose children have had a first seizure, while we found a significant increase in the anxiety level of children and adolescents followed for epilepsy. These findings suggest that there is no direct relationship in the anxiety of the parents and their child. Further studies are needed to understand this variation over time.
authors.affiliation: APHP, Hôpital Robert Debré, Service de Neurologie Pédiatrique, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Save-Pédebos
authors.affiliation: APHP, Hôpital Robert Debré, Service de Neurologie Pédiatrique, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Vanina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bellavoine
authors.affiliation: APHP, Hôpital Robert Debré, Service de Neurologie Pédiatrique, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Estelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Goujon
authors.affiliation: APHP, Hôpital Robert Debré, Service de Neurologie Pédiatrique, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Danse
authors.affiliation: APHP, Hôpital Robert Debré, Service de Neurologie Pédiatrique, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Merdariu
authors.affiliation: INSERM, U676, 75019 Paris, France; Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMR 676, 75019 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dournaud
authors.affiliation: APHP, Hôpital Robert Debré, Service de Neurologie Pédiatrique, Paris, France; INSERM, U676, 75019 Paris, France; Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMR 676, 75019 Paris, France. Electronic address: auvin@invivo.edu.
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Auvin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Anxiety; Children; Epilepsy; First seizure; Parents