| Title |
Health-related quality of life of children and adolescents with chronic illness – a two year prospective study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Quality of Life Research, September 2004
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| DOI | 10.1023/b:qure.0000037489.41344.b2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michael G. Sawyer, Katherine E. Reynolds, Jennifer J. Couper, Davina J. French, Declan Kennedy, James Martin, Rima Staugas, Tahereh Ziaian, Peter A. Baghurst |
| Abstract |
The aim of this study was to compare the self-reported health-related quality of life (HRQL) of children and adolescents with diabetes, asthma or cystic fibrosis (CF) with the HRQL of a large community sample, to assess the extent to which the HRQL of the children and adolescents with chronic illness changes over time, and to examine the consistency of changes in different HRQL domains. One hundred and twenty three young people aged 10-16 years with asthma, diabetes, or CF were recruited from specialist paediatric clinics. Children rated their HRQL using the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) and three disease-specific measures at baseline, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months post-baseline. In several areas, the HRQL of children with chronic illness was significantly worse than that of children in the community sample. Over the 2 years of the study, although children with asthma and diabetes did not report significant changes in CHQ scores rating their physical health, they reported significant improvements in scores rating the extent to which health problems interfered with physical and family activities. CHQ scores describing their physical health reported by children with CF declined significantly but there was no significant change in scores rating interference with physical and family activities. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1% |
| South Africa | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 68 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 18 | 25% |
| Researcher | 12 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 14 | 19% |
| Unknown | 6 | 8% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 27% |
| Psychology | 20 | 27% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 8% |
| Engineering | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 10% |
| Unknown | 11 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
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#5,446,629
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Quality of Life Research
#503
of 3,062 outputs
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#11,701
of 69,942 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Quality of Life Research
#2
of 7 outputs
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