Negative emotions and quality of life of parents with children diagnosed with anorectal malformations.

Purpose: To investigate the anxiety, depression, stress, and quality of life of parents with children diagnosed with anorectal malformations.

Methods: 68 parents participated in the study and completed the unified Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, Self-Rating Depression Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, and the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF.

Results: Compared with the Chinese reference values, parents in our study had higher scores on anxiety and depression and lower scores on the psychological and environmental domain of the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF.

Long-term impact of fistula status on growth and anemia in infants with congenital anorectal malformations.

Background And Objectives: To evaluate the impacts of fistula status over 12 months on growth and development and anemia in infants with anorectal malformation (ARM) and to analyze the effects of comorbidities.

Methods And Study Design: The ARM group included infants who suffered from ARM and underwent three operations including colostomy, anoplasty (group A) and fistula closure (group B). The normal group included infants aged approximately 6 months and 12 months who were classified as groups C and D.