**Abstract authors:**

Julie Meadows¹, Edward Smith¹, Laura Lehman²

¹Boston Children's Hospital, ²Attending

**Abstract body:**

Introduction: Children with moyamoya and their parents experience significant stress around the time of diagnosis. There are not many studies that examine the extent of the symptoms including clinical concerns for anxiety and depression around time of diagnosis. Hypothesis: Children with moyamoya and their parents will have higher rates of anxiety and depression on standardized questionnaires than the general population. Methods: We enrolled parents of children with moyamoya as well as the child if child was 6 years of age or older prior to revascularization surgery. At time of enrollment parents and child filled out standardized questionnaires on symptom of anxiety and depression. Parents filled out Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI) and Beck's Anxiety Inventory (BAI). Children filled out the Behavioral Assessment System for Children 3rd edition (BASC-3). Results: A total of 22 children with moyamoya enrolled in our study, some children were less than 6 years old so we did not collect emotional outcomes on them. Children's age ranged from 13 months to 18 years old with 14 females (63%). In our cohort of children with moyamoya 12 children, 17 mothers, and 12 fathers filled out questionnaires. Four fathers (33%) and 4 mothers (24%) had clinical concern for depression. We did not have any mothers or fathers with clinical concern for anxiety. However, 4 children (33%) had clinical concern for anxiety and 3 children (25%) had clinical concern for depression. Conclusion: Compared to the general population children with moyamoya have higher rates of depression and anxiety while their parents have higher rates of depression. Further research is needed to determine if symptoms improve post-revascularization surgery.

Depression and Anxiety in Children and their Parents Following Diagnosis of Moyamoya

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