title: [Depression in school children and adolescents carriers of acute leukemia during the treatment phase].
abstract: Objective: To describe depression levels in school aged children and adolescents with acute leukemia during the treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  This transversal descriptive study took place during January to September 2012 and included school aged children and adolescents, carriers of acute leukemia, in treatment at a high-ranking specialty hospital. A modified Kovacs questionnaire (C O/) was applied. They were grouped according to presence or absence of depression. Inferential statistics with x2 and Statistical package SPSS 20.0 were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-six patients were included in the study: with depression n = 43 (94%), without depression n=3 (6%), males n= 32 (70%) and females n=14 (30%), average age 8 years old (7-15). Acute lymphoblast leukemia was the most frequent n=42 patients (91 %). Depression was found in 42 patients (91 "'o), with nine presenting a minor level (21 "'o), 11 a moderate level (26 "/o), and 23 a severe level (53 "/o). Mostly during the consolidation phase, 30 patients (70"/o) patients with no relapses showed a higher incidence of depression, 23 (54 "/o) vs. with relapses 20 (47"/o) (p = 0.870); the majority had no family history of depression 41 (95 "/o) vs. 2 (5"/o) (p = 0.017).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found a high percentage of severe level depression, which affected mostly male patients, suffering a relapse during the consolidation treatment phase.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatría, Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad (UMAE) Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico.
authors.forename: Nancy Susana
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Rivas-Molina
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatría, Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad (UMAE) Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico.
authors.forename: Edgar Omar
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Mireles-Pérez
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Hematología Pediátrica, Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad (UMAE) Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico.
authors.forename: Janet Margarita
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Soto-Padilla
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Psiquiatría Infantil y del Adolescente, Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad (UMAE) Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico.
authors.forename: Nora Adriana
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: González-Reyes
authors.affiliation: División de Educación en Salud, Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad (UMAE) Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico.
authors.forename: Tanya Lizbeth
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Barajas-Serrano
authors.affiliation: División de Educación en Salud, Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad (UMAE) Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico.
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Barrera de León
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology