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| Contribution title | 3389 - Investigation of the relationship between mild atypical pervasive developmental disorder children and adolescents and their mothers' attachment style with olfactory function |
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| Contribution code | PS03-13 (P) |
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Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the smell functions of PDD children and adolescents by using Sniffin’ Sticks subtests (odor threshold and odor dicrimination tests), and also was to evaluate the association between the smell functions of the patients with the attachment patterns and axiety levels of patients and their mothers. Methods This study was conducted between January 2015 and January 2016 in the Amasya Training and Research Hospital. The Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) and the WISC-R test were applied to the patients who were followed in Child Psychiatry outpatient clinic and diagnosed as Atypical Pervasive Developmental Disorder according to DSM-IV diagnostic criteria.Among those patients, 39 patients with mild illness, IQ≥70, and between 9-16 years of age were constituted the patient group. Also an age and sex matched control group was constituted including healthy participants. The sense of smell function was evaluated by using Sniffin’ Sticks test. Also olfactory bulb volumes were measured by using magnetic resonanace imaging in all cases. The Adolescent Relationship Scales Questionnaire (A-RSQ) and the Kerns Secure Attachment Scale (KSAS) were used to assess all participants' attachment patterns. Anxiety assessment of all cases was assessed with Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). The anxiety levels and attachment patterns of the participants’ mother were also evaluated. Statistical significance was accepted as p <0.05 for all tests that performed in this study. Results This study was conducted on a total of 71 participants with an age range of 9-16. Odor threshold scores, odor discrimination scores and olfactory bulb volumes in the patient group were statistically lower (p <0.001 for each) than healthy controls. There was a low-to-moderate inverse correlation between the CBCL internalizing scores and the odor threshold and discrimination scores. A moderate inverse correlation was found between A-RSQ anxious attachment scores and odor threshold and discrimination scores. Also there was a moderate inverse correlation between smell tests and maternal anxiety and attachment patern scores. Conclusion In our study, moderate inverse correlations with child and maternal attachment scores and odor threshold scores and odor discrimination scores in patients group may show that anxiety-based attachment negates odor function |