... 1–16') In 54% of the cases the age-appropriate questionnaire was completed without help and in 27.5% with minimal help The need for help decreased with age Among the 217 childrenwith chronic conditions ... collected the data, MR, SR, GB, and VD conducted the analysis and drafted the paper, and all authors reviewed and approved the manuscript Acknowledgements We express our appreciation to the children, ... Children years old and above and their proxies were asked to independently score how they considered the child was feeling over the last month Children years old and above and adults used a 0–10...
... used in childrenandadolescentswith juvenile idiopathic arthritis, from the perspective of the parent or patient But the instrument measures the functional capacity and independence in ADL and ... patients with smaller motor incapacity The floor effect was greater for the arising, walking and gripping domains only for the patients withthe hemiparetic form of the disease, and only for the gripping ... gripping domain for the patients withthe diparetic form, i.e., this occurred for the tasks executed with less difficulty by these children/ adolescents In the visual analogue scales the floor effect...
... to things other kids is the desire of childrenandadolescentswith asthma [11,12] In 1994 a qualitative study was conducted to identify the essential structure of the adolescent process of coming ... participants with asthma select their activities and allowing the activities to change as children grow and develop from age 8–18 years The Acceptance of Asthma Model describes how children come ... about the condition required before engaging in desired activities With proper treatment and management, childrenwith asthma should be able to participate in the same activities and at the same...
... of the qualitatively-derived and theory-guided PLA scale for childrenandadolescentswith asthma demonstrated internal consistency reliability and construct validity based on exploratory and ... Native American (n = 8), Other (n = 2), and Pacific Islander (n = 1) with other families (n = 7) not reporting Return rate For the first two studies, of the 318 paper -and- pencil packets mailed, ... asthma in school-age childrenand early adolescents Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing 2004, 9(1):5-14 Kintner EK: Testing the Acceptance of Asthma Model withchildrenandadolescents Western...
... consider the standard for young children [19] Consequently, the primary objective of the present study was to measure the perceived HRQOL of childrenwith ADHD from the perspective of thechildren ... reported in the literature, we believe the consistency of the present findings withthe PedsQL™ of differences between healthy childrenandchildrenwith ADHD with both child self-report and parent ... assure the anonymity and confidentiality of the respondent's answers andthe neutrality of the organization gathering the data, all surveys were mailed back to DataStat Since the intent of the SCHIP...
... impact on the HRQoL of childrenandadolescents living with cancer, diabetes and JIA, especially enhancing their self-perception and reducing the autonomy of children less then 14 years of age The ... from all over the country selected thechildren for camp withthe approval of the medical director of the Bátor Tábor Foundation There were separate sessions for children (age 7-13) and teenagers ... campers to complete the questionnaire by themselves at home weeks before and after the camp session they attended The introductory letter explained the purpose and nature of the study and stressed that...
... T wave obscured the offset of the T wave, then the offset of the QT interval was defined as the intersection of the tangent to the midpoint of the downslope of the T wave andthe isoelectric ... females between and 13 years and males between and 14 years; andthe postpubertal group was females > 13 years and males > 14 years Results The entire sample comprised 5930 childrenandadolescents ... as the length of the entire cardiac cycle) In the Fridericia formula, the QT interval was divided by the cube root of the R-R interval [10] For the data-derived correction factor, we used the...
... adverse events Then, the patient andthe parent (or other primary caregiver) filled out the PAERS independently and without any interference by the physician Both the patient andthe parent had ... state and can therefore be considered to reflect the patient's emotional well-being Based on this assumption, the hypothesis of this analysis was that the emotional well-being of childrenandadolescents ... one in childrenand one in adolescents Whilst the age-distribution is normal within http://www.capmh.com/content/2/1/11 each of the two otherwise identical studies, the age-distribution of the combined...
... on the basis of the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and age, i.e., they were below the 5th percentile of the reference standard With relation to complaints, 58/78 (74%) of the mothers ... Recife, northeast of Brazil Childrenandadolescents aged to 20 years were defined as short stature cases if their heights were below the third percentile for their age and sex according to the height/age ... since these tests are expensive and not always available on the Brazilian National Health System (SUS, Sistema Único de Saúde) Notwithstanding, there is already consensus that childrenand adolescents...
... BPD-I in childrenand adolescents, manic or mixed, depending on whether the child presented with or without features of psychosis There was no evidence in childrenandadolescents about the treatment ... presented by the patient andthe family There continues to be much debate about the diagnosis and longitudinal course of BPDs in childrenandadolescents No one can say for sure what these children ... manic children are full of energy They often get up and wander the house in the middle of the night, looking for things to These children may sleep to hours per night yet appear fresh and energetic...
... confusing to be coped with by the physical and emotional resources of the young person and their family and/ or other support systems The problems that bring childrenandadolescents to the emergency ... adolescents, and to determine quality standards for these services Why childrenandadolescentswith mental health-related problems go to the emergency department? Childrenandadolescents present to the ... for the adolescent, who has been left temporarily without the professional support they had previously depended on Assessment of childrenandadolescents Seeing the patient with and/ or without the...
... bearing on their habits and behaviour as film-goers, on their understanding of the medium andthe effects it has upon them, on measures of censorship and legislation ,and on the production and selection ... of the boys and per cent - of the girls went m o r e than once a week These children generally went to the cinema with other persons (mainly withtheir parents) U p to the age of 13 years the ... obtained at the beginning of the school year with that obtained at the end of the s a m e year shows that thechildren' s understanding of the films andthe subject becomes m o r e complete and extensive...
... market toys and products with brand logos to preschoolers and young children to develop an early and positive relationship withthe child and thereby promote brand awareness and preference The food ... Book; The M&M's Brand Counting Book; More M&M's Brand Chocolate Candies Math; The M&M's Brand Count to One Hundred Book; The M&M's Brand Color Pattern Book; The M&M's Brand Birthday Book; The M&M's ... of the studies on the impact of food advertising on children' s food preferences and behaviors were conducted in the mid 1970s andthe 1980s These studies focused on the relationship between children' s...
... symptomatic patients withthe same low levels Conclusions The new guidelines will offer the option of omitting biopsies in selected cases with symptoms suggestive of CD without increasing the risk of ... diagnosis AHRQ (USA, 2004) Adults andchildren NICE guidelines (UK, 2009) Adults andchildren For GP’s and general paediatricians None questioned the biopsy Rostom A, et al Celiac Disease ... 5-12 up to 2-5 up to 2-8 12-13 10-20 Recommendation: (↑↑) offer testing for CD of childrenandadolescentswiththe following conditions: Type diabetes Down’s syndrome Autoimmune...
... of the picture Each year, millions of children in the United States are injured and live withthe consequences of those injuries These children may face disability and chronic pain that limit their ... many hazards and risks as they grow and develop into adulthood, and unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death and disability for childrenand teenagers in the United States The physical, ... are the Other Costs? The consequences of these fatal and nonfatal injuries to children carry a physical and emotional cost to the individual and our society An injury affects more than just the...
... contains the PedsQL™ 4.0 scores for healthy childrenandchildrenwith a chronic health condition within the sample Consistent with previous findings [3,10] withthe PedsQL™ 4.0, healthy children ... to the mean scores of the other subscales within the present study to those of the previous PedsQL™ school study [3], the mean scores on the social functioning scale of both healthy childrenand ... 1.9%) The race/ethnicity of the total sample was Asian Respondents of parent self-report consisted of mother (n = 1250, 86.0%), father (n = 159, 10.9%), grandmothers (n = 5, 0.3%), grandfathers...
... ceiling and floor effects Childrenandadolescents between and 16 years of age and their parents were asked to participate in the DISABKIDS pilot and field study, completing the instrument either ... for childrenandadolescentswith a chronic medical condition and their parents [19] The project is a collaboration of seven European countries (Austria, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, ... (SD 2.8) The asthma group was the largest in the sample (n = 405) Data from 1094 childrenandadolescents were used in the analysis, selected on the basis of more than 60% of the items in the module...
... life 6388 childrenandadolescents filled in the questionnaire while their parents answered the proxy version Means and standard deviation for the self- and proxy ratings, and also the Pearson ... the self-assessments of the quality of life andthe sex [7, 13] or the age of thechildren [7, 9, 11, 13], and between proxy assessments andthe age of the parents [12] or their level of education ... background If mother and father respond to the questionnaire together then there is a lower change of underestimating the quality of life in the sectors ‘Self-esteem’, ‘Friends’ and in the ‘Total’...
... radiotherapy remains the standard of care in radiation oncology for childrenand can be delivered with acceptable toxicity in the majority of children Nevertheless, reserved to special cases with ... analysis and writing of the manuscript SN is responsible for the physical aspects of IMRT planning and treatment of thechildren HB is responsible for the anaesthesia management of thechildren ... breast, and testis was seen in children treated with IMRT compared with a control group of children treated with conventional radiotherapy for cranial and abdominopelvic tumors [39] The methods...
... population with better success, at least in controlling the ADHD symptoms in PBD childrenandadolescents Hah and Chang [23] reported on patients with both ADHD and PBD who were treated with atomoxetine ... note that none of the authors was involved in any way withthe data collection Further, none of the authors and none of their Universities are commercially affiliated withthe developer/manufacturer ... from January 2001 (when the database was incorporated into standard use by the company) through August 2007 about their children s behavior There were 709 children in the database aged from years...