Introduction
hyperlipidemia, edema, SSNS, Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome, proteinuria, post-traumatic stress disorder, ill
HYPOALBUMINEMIA, RARE DISEASE, HYPERLIPIDEMIA, EDEMA, IDIOPATHIC NEPHROTIC SYNDROME, EVENTS
Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome is a rare disease of childhood characterized by profound edema, severe proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, and hyperlipidemia [At the first onset, parents are confronted with their previously healthy child being ill and — often, but not always — admitted to a hospital. Such medical events are moderately associated with post-traumatic stress disorder in adults [In order to understand the impact of their child’s diagnosis of SSNS on parents, we conducted an exploratory, cross-sectional study to determine whether parental distress and everyday problems are more frequent in fathers and mothers whose child was recently diagnosed with SSNS than in those without SSNS. Additionally, we assessed which sociodemographic and/or clinical variables were associated with parental distress and everyday problems.