Obsessive compulsive symptoms in mothers of children
with atopic dermatitis

Velat Celik; Burcin Beken; Isık Gorker; Pinar Gokmirza Ozdemir; Necdet Sut; Mehtap Yazicioglu

doi:10.5114/ada.2023.128979

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Original paper

Obsessive compulsive symptoms in mothers of children with atopic dermatitis

Velat Celik

¹

,

Burcin Beken

¹

,

Isık Gorker

¹

,

Pinar Gokmirza Ozdemir

¹

,

Necdet Sut

¹

,

Mehtap Yazicioglu

¹

Department of Paediatric Allergy and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey

Adv Dermatol Allergol 2023; XL (3): 411–415

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ada.2023.128979

Online publish date: 2023/07/16

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Introduction:
Maternal stress, depression and anxiety are associated with atopic dermatitis (AD) in offspring. However, the relationship between maternal obsessive compulsive symptoms (OCS) and AD in their children is unclear.

Aim:
To investigate whether maternal OCS are associated with AD in offspring.

Material and methods:
A total of 75 children with AD diagnosed by the paediatric allergist and 76 healthy children and their mothers were included in the study. A Turkish version of the Maudsley Obsessive Compulsive Inventory (MOCI-T) was used to assess OCS of mothers in both groups.

Results:
Total MOCI-T score and slowness, doubt, and rumination subscale scores were higher in the AD group than in the healthy group (p = 0.007, p = 0.001, p = 0.012 and p = 0.011, respectively) but washing/cleaning and checking subscale scores did not reach a statistically significant difference (p = 0.203 and p = 0.053, respectively). There was no correlation between SCORing Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD) and MOCI-T/subscales scores.

Conclusions:
Our study provides evidence for associations between maternal OCS and infantile AD. The findings support recommendations for psychosocial support of mothers of children with AD.

keywords:

Obsessive compulsive symptoms in mothers of children with atopic dermatitis

Velat Celik 1 , Burcin Beken 1 , Isık Gorker 1 , Pinar Gokmirza Ozdemir 1 , Necdet Sut 1 , Mehtap Yazicioglu 1

atopic dermatitis, children, maternal, obsessive compulsive symptoms

Velat Celik

¹

,

Burcin Beken

¹

,

Isık Gorker

¹

,

Pinar Gokmirza Ozdemir

¹

,

Necdet Sut

¹

,

Mehtap Yazicioglu

¹