Parental Loss Antecedent to Childhood Diabetes Mellitus
Journal of the American Academy of Child PsychiatryPublished 1 September 1980
David R. Leaverton, Cynthia A. White, C. Robert McCormick, P. F. Smith, Bagher M. Sheikholislam
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Comparison with children without diabetes matched for age, sex, race, geographic area, and socieoeconomic status showed that parental loss was significantly higher in the children who later developed diabetes.
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There is evidence that relates life stress to the onset of juvenile diabetes mellitus. Parental loss and other stresses are documented in this study of 37 children with diabetes and their families. Divorce, separation, or death of the child's parents was recorded through home interviews. Children with insulin-dependent diabetes within one geographic area were included, Comparison with children without diabetes matched for age, sex, race, geographic area, and socieoeconomic status showed that parental loss was significantly higher in the children who later developed diabetes. Children of disrupted families were recurrently hospitalized, while children of stable families were not. Results of this study have implications relative to etiology of diabetes as well as preventive mental health measures.
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