Features of the psychological status in children with bronchopulmonary pathology

The aim: study the features of the psychological status in children with bronchopulmonary pathology. Materials and methods. We compare the level of mental stress (assessed by questionnaire Beck Youth) in children with acute bronchopulmonary diseases (1 group) and the bronchial asthma (2 group). Results and discussion: 84.0±5.0 % children with bronchial asthma was characterized by psychosomatic disorientation and instability to stress, in the first group 28.5±3.8% patients with violation of the psychoemotional state was registreted. The average level of anxiety was observed in 40.0±3.0% patients of 2 groups, in relation to 14.3±2.7%% — in a 1 group. High level of anxiety among children with bronchial asthma in 32.0±4.5% were observed, as compared to 9.5±2.6% in a 1 group. A Self-Concept in children was determined as low, normal or high. A low Self-Concept was registreted in 64.0±5.5% children with asthma, in a 1 group of children with a low Self-Concept was not revealed; normal — accordingly in 28.0±2.5% and 71.4±3.1%; high — in 8.0±1.5% children with asthma, and in 28.6±4.2% patients of a 1 group. At 12±1.5% children of 2 group signs of depression were observed. Conclusions. The psycho-emotional state of children with asthma, characterized by increased levels of anxiety, and low self-esteem, in most cases, compared with a group of children with acute bronchopulmonary diseases