Clinical Study
Assessment of Behavior Abnormalities of Corticosteroids in Children with Nephrotic Syndrome
Table 1
Mean values of scores of anxiety, depression and aggression of cases from baseline to 7th week of follow up.
| | Cases () | Baseline data | Time/weeks |
Test of significance | | | One | Three | Five | Seven |
| | Anxiety | | | | | | | | | a | 16.2 ± 6.2 | 25.6 ± 7.0*** | 27.9 ± 7.5*** | 26.6 ± 5.5*** | 22.7 ± 5.4*** | 8.27 | 0.000*** | | Range | 5.0–28.0 | 14.0–41.0 | 2.0–42.0 | 10.0–40.0 | 8.0–38.0 | | Depression | | | | | | | | | a | 39.9 ± 7.4 | 46.5 ± 8.3*** | 51.1 ± 7.4*** | 48.4 ± 7.9*** | 44.9 ± 7.6*** | 10.1 | 0.000*** | | Range | 31.0–60.0 | 38.0–68.0 | 37.0–70.0 | 35.0–67.0 | 33.0–63.0 | | Aggression | | | | | | | | | a | 30.1 ± 15.7 | 44.9 ± 14.7*** | 48.5 ± 12.7*** | 44.8 ± 11.2*** | 37.5 ± 7.7** | 84.8 | 0.000*** | | Range | 0.0–49.8 | 0.0–67.5 | 0.0–69.7 | 0.0–59.0 | 0.0–45.6 |
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aPaired -test: in comparison to base line. ***,**.
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