タグ「Mothers」
Author: Loganovsky KN, Loganovskaja TK, Nechayev SY, Antipchuk YY, Bomko MA.
Reference: J. Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2008, 20 (3): 274–291.
Keywords:EEG patterns, children, mothers, WISC
Abstract: One hundred children, exposed prenatally to radiation after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, and 50 non-exposed classmates were examined between the ages of 11 and 13 years old using neuropsychiatric tests, WISC, EEG, and visual evoked potentials. Individual prenatal radiation doses were reconstructed for all examined children. The exposed children were found to have more neuropsychiatric disorders, left-brain neurological signs, lower full-scale and verbal IQ, IQ discrepancies with verbal decrement, disorganized EEG patterns, an excess of lateralized-to-left frontotemporal region delta and beta power with depression of theta and alpha power, and interhemispheric inversion visual information processing. Mothers’ mental health, stress, and prenatal irradiation contributed to these effects, along with several confounding factors. (full text in English available on web.)
URL: http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleID=103418
Author: Adams RE, Guey LT, Gluzman SF, Bromet EJ.
Reference: Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2011
Keywords: long-term mental health consequences, psychological well-being, exposed women, PTSD, MDE
Abstract: The Chornobyl nuclear power plant explosion in April 1986 was one of the worst ecological disasters of the 20th century. As with most disasters, its long-term mental health consequences have not been examined.
Aims: This study describes the psychological well-being and risk perceptions of exposed women 19–20 years later and the risk factors associated with mental health.
Methods: We assessed Chornobyl-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive episode (MDE) and overall distress among three groups of women in Kyiv, Ukraine (N = 797): mothers of small children evacuated to Kyiv in 1986 from the contaminated area near the plant (evacuees); mothers of their children’s classmates (neighbourhood controls); and population-based controls from Kyiv. Risk perceptions and epidemiologic correlates were also obtained.
Results: Evacuees reported poorer well-being and more negative risk perceptions than controls. Group differences in psychological well-being remained after adjustment for epidemiologic risk factors but became non-significant when Chornobyl risk perceptions were added to the models.
Conclusions: The relatively poorer psychological well-being among evacuees is largely explained by their continued concerns about the physical health risks stemming from the accident. We suggest that this is due to the long-term, non-resolvable nature of health fears associated with exposure.
URL: http://isp.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/08/02/0020764011415204.abstract
Title: Risk of Radiation Exposure to Children and Their Mothers
Author: Petrova, A.
Reference: Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, Jan 2011
ISBN:9780444522726
Keywords: Children; Mothers; Radiation; Risk
Abstract: There is realistic concern about the impact of ionizing and nonionizing radiations on the health of children and their mothers. The magnitude and type of risks that are associated with radiation exposure to children and mothers must be determined to prevent the health consequences of such exposure. The developing organism is more sensitive to radiation and vulnerable to the development of radiation-induced pathology. Prenatal development, characterized by intensive cell proliferation, cell differentiation, and cell migration, is highly sensitive to radiation exposure. …Human epidemiological studies showed increased stillbirth trend, birth defects, thyroid cancer, and infant leukemia after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power accident in several European countries. …
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780444522726002129
