Behavioral Problems of Girls with Central Precocious Puberty
Journal Title: Vajira Medical Journal: Journal of Urban Medicine - Year 2023, Vol 67, Issue 3
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare behavioral problems between girls with central precocious puberty and normal girls in the Faculty of Medicine, Vajira Hospital. METHODS: A case-control study was conducted on 76 girls aged 6-11 years, 38 of whom were diagnosed with central precocious puberty and 38 who were considered normal with no evidence of pubertal development, from January 2021 to June 2022. A comparative study of behavioral problems was conducted using the Thai Youth Checklist for which parents are the respondents. Data were analyzed using the Independent T-Test to compare behavioral problem scores, while Fisher’s Exact Test was used to compare behavioral problem levels. Significance was indicated by a p-value < 0.05. RESULTS: The results showed T-scores of total behavior problems (95%CI: 3.70 - 10.38, p-value <0.001), internalizing problems (95%CI: 3.42 - 11.91, p-value < 0.001), and externalizing problems (95%CI: 2.66 - 11.28, p-value = 0.002) which were significantly higher in the girls in the central precocious puberty group. The behavioral problems of girls with central precocious puberty and normal girls had normal levels of 68.40% and 92.10%, respectively (p-value = 0.039). CONCLUSION: Behavioral problems in girls with central precocious puberty were significantly higher than in normal girls. The results of this study support the idea that those girls with central precocious puberty had more behavioral problems.
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Kamonpan Yongkittikasem Thanyaros Sinsophonphap
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