Journal article
Prevalence and Correlates of Physical-mental Multimorbidity in Outpatient Children From a Pediatric Hospital in Canada
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to estimate the six-month prevalence of mental illness in children with chronic physical illness (multimorbidity), examine agreement between parent and child reports of multimorbidity, and identify factors associated with child multimorbidity.
METHOD: The sample included 263 children aged 2-16 years with a physician-diagnosed chronic physical illness recruited from the outpatient clinics at a pediatric …
Authors
Ferro MA; Qureshi S; Van Lieshout RJ; Lipman EL; Georgiades K; Gorter JW; Timmons BW; Shanahan L
Journal
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 67, No. 8, pp. 626–637
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
August 2022
DOI
10.1177/07067437221074430
ISSN
0706-7437