Psychological problems of adolescents with recurrent respiratory infections

Acute respiratory diseases occupy one of the main places in the structure of morbidity, including among adolescents. The incidenceof respiratory infections can be seen as an indicator of the adaptation of the organism to the environment, since resistance is one of the leading mechanisms of adaptatio...

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Main Authors: O. I. Pikuza, E. V. Generalova, F. F. Rizvanova
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Ltd. “The National Academy of Pediatric Science and Innovation” 2017-11-01
Series:Rossijskij Vestnik Perinatologii i Pediatrii
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Online Access:https://www.ped-perinatology.ru/jour/article/view/569
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Summary:Acute respiratory diseases occupy one of the main places in the structure of morbidity, including among adolescents. The incidenceof respiratory infections can be seen as an indicator of the adaptation of the organism to the environment, since resistance is one of the leading mechanisms of adaptation. The aim of the study is to study the psychological problems of adolescents with recurrent respiratory infections. The psychoemotional status of adolescents was assessed using the “Clinical questionnaire for identifying and assessing neurotic conditions”, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, a reduced multiphasic personality inventory (SMOL test). Based on a comparative analysis with the data of conditionally healthy adolescents, it was found that for patients with recurrent respiratory infections a significantly higher level of neurotization, neuroticism, and human personality are characteristic, which obviously predispose them to repeated respiratory infections.
ISSN:1027-4065
2500-2228