... cases [16] The findings are in line with those of other studies which have shown that childrenwithmentaldisorders have significantly worse HRQOL than childrenwith no such disordersand that they ... life of childrenandadolescentswithmentaldisorders J Am Acad Child Adoles Psychiatry 2002, 41:530-537 Bastiaansen D, Koot HM, Ferdinand RF: Determinants of quality of life inchildrenwith psychiatric ... changes inmental health status were associated with changes in HRQOL inchildrenandadolescents aged 18 years The potential mediating effect of gender and socio-economic status was also examined...
... psychiatric disordersin these children or adolescentsand their parents This way, it can be determined if treating co-morbid psychiatric disordersin these cases can increase effectiveness of dealing with ... conducted to investigate psychiatric co-morbidity inchildrenandadolescentswith nail biting This study surveys prevalence of psychiatric disordersand the stereotypic behaviors in a clinical sample ... in a clinical sample of childrenandadolescentswith NB In addition, it aimed to survey prevalence of the psychiatric disordersin parents of childrenandadolescentswith NB Method Sample description...
... 1 Modelling the relationship between obesity andmental health inchildrenand adolescents: findings from the Health Survey for England 2007 Paul A Tiffin*, 2Bronia Arnott, 3Helen ... associated with both increased BMI and SDQ internalising factor scores In terms of ethnicity, those reporting Asian ethnicity had higher internalising symptom scores but lower BMIs and household incomes, ... observed in health survey data since the mid 1990s [44] Our finding of an independent association between obesity and internalising (emotional) difficulties is echoed by findings from a smaller, mainly...
... Signs and symptoms Occasional abdominal pain, difficulty gaining weight and height Prior history of anemia Difficulty gaining weight and height Prior history of anemia Frequent abdominal pain, ... positive serological assay results inchildrenandadolescentswith short stature, selected at outpatients clinics affiliated with SUS in the city of Recife, using human This was a cross-sectional, ... villi in the small intestine, causing an inadequate absorption of nutrients The disease has a varied spectrum of presentations, ranging from the classic form (chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain and...
... childrenand adolescents, and to determine quality standards for these services Why childrenandadolescentswithmental health-related problems go to the emergency department? Childrenandadolescents ... assessing childrenandadolescents Helen Bruce* Presentation Childrenandadolescents change with age in a way that is much more obvious and pronounced than in later life Childrenand adolescents, ... departments Assessing childrenand adolescents: what’s different? The biggest differences in considering the needs of childrenandadolescentswithmental health, emotional and behavioural difficulties...
... essentially involved spelling out both the main question and answer options more thoroughly (e.g "problems with running" instead of "running" and "never was a problem" instead of "never") to increase ... cognitive interviews was carried out in 30 childrenand parents and confirmed that the final Argentinean Spanish PedsQL™ was understandable and conceptually equivalent to the original instrument ... Cardiopathies 6Poverty line is calculated according to total income, and number and age of people in the household, as per National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) guidelines ical and psychosocial...
... playing with pets, going to camp, eating certain foods, being indoor or outdoor, exercising, and sleeping [3-9] School absences in students with asthma are times higher than those of students without ... for testing in clinical settings In clinical settings the PLA could be used to lead discussions designed to motivate behavioral change in child and adolescent management of asthma Having children ... development with the assumption that developmental change in a structure proceeds toward increasing complexity, differentiation, and specialization; while increasing in hierarchical integration and organization...
... childrenwith asthma are often restricted from participating in normal everyday activities such as laughing with friends, swimming in chlorinated pools, riding horses, playing with pets, going to ... motivating influences Numbers and types of activities must also be allowed to vary as children increase in complexity, differentiation, and specialization; while increasing in hierarchical integration ... 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...
... differences in physical functioning in comparison to healthy children These findings are consistent with PedsQL™ ADHD findings from The Netherlands [22] and Thailand [44] These multinational consistencies ... problems, in determining the burden of a particular disease or disability, andin informing efforts aimed at prevention and intervention at the local community, state, and national level [3-5] In addition, ... healthy childrenandchildrenwith ADHD, psychiatric disorders, andwith chronic health conditions as shown in the present findings Nevertheless, we are now conducting PedsQL™ research with physician-diagnosed...
... 10-15 minutes to fill in KIDSCREEN-52 was developed within an international project ‘Screening and Promotion for HRQoL inChildrenandAdolescents - a European Public Health Perspective’ with participation ... irradiation and surgery Childrenwith JIA suffer a remitting and flaring course of considerable pain and fatigue, stiffness anddisability [50] These characteristic differences correlate well with our ... balanced with their psychological maturity, and suggest that families who succeed in maintaining parental involvement in diabetes management may have better outcomes [46] In our study the changes in...
... Missing values For patients, missing values were between and 0.38% for items 1, 4, and 5, and between 0.24% and 1.61% for items and For parents, missing values for the morning and evening ratings ... the morning and evening items with the WREMB-R morning and evening subscales (convergent validity) As shown in Table 6, the comparison of GIPD scores for the morning and evening items with the ... scale in terms of validity and reliability [33] Using valid and reliable scales is important when measuring QoL in pediatric patients [34-37], especially when assessing childrenandadolescents with...
... Valenti et al.: Intensive intervention for childrenandadolescentswith autism in a community setting in Italy: a single-group longitudinal study Child and Adolescent Psychiatry andMental Health ... important to replicate inadolescents the good findings obtained in children, particularly in community settings, which is the aim of this study Governments are increasingly mandating special autism ... authors read and approved the final version MV conceived the study, and participated in its design and coordination, and helped with the interpretation of the statistical analysis and drafting of the...
... neurodevelopmental disorder Wilson’s disease Increase mood cycling Tricyclic antidepressants Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors Serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors Aminophylline Corticosteroids ... weight and body mass index during treatment, including lipid profile monitoring at baseline and yearly; and evaluating a woman’s menstrual functioning by obtaining an initial menstrual history Age ... on such use inchildrenandadolescents Initial experience with aripiprazole indicates that dosing strategies for youths may differ from those for adults (Findling et al., 2003a) Randomized, controlled...
... assisted in interpretation of the results and commented on drafts ACF and RRHA were involved in data collection and assisted in interpretation of the results VOR and CHAR assisted in analyzing and interpreting ... Patients with quadriplegia presented more physical incapacities as determined by both instruments andin all CHAQ domains (Table 7) The hypothesis determined in the construct validity that childrenand ... effect in the domains suggests that the instrument is able to evaluate and to discriminate patients with smaller motor incapacity The floor effect was greater for the arising, walking and gripping...
... data and was involved in drafting the manuscript FAO-O participated in acquisition of data and was involved in drafting the manuscript DAK was involved in acquisition of data and assisted in interpretation ... involved in drafting the manuscript and revising it critically for intellectual content LIK participated in acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data and was involved in drafting the manuscript ... manuscript and revising it critically for intellectual content MWK contributed in acquisition of data and was involved in interpretation of data VNM participated in acquisition, analysis and interpretation...
... support, and positive mental health factors than single-orphaned In most domains of the distress mental health construct, having a natural mentor show significant inverse association with distress mental ... ANOVA showing differences of having and not-having a natural mentor on mental health by orphan-types Orphan-types No parents Having natural mentor Single-parents Not having natural mentor Having natural ... TR, Snider L: Strengthening the psychosocial wellbeing of youth-headed households in Rwanda: Baseline findings from an intervention trial Horizons Research Update Washington, DC: Population Council...
... 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 ... emerging mood symptoms inchildrenand adolescents, the results to date indicate that many are not responding to these treatments [20], especially when co-occurring disorders are included in samples ... vitamins, 16 minerals, amino acids, and antioxidants) There have been four publications of open-label trials in adults, adolescents, andchildrenwith bipolar disorder [26-29] In addition, two children...
... disordersand SUDs has been observed in several countries, including the Netherlands [46,47], England [48], Finland [49], Taiwan [50], and Russia [51] Diagnostic challengesin clinical samples In many ... part in PRISM training and interrater reliability training for the different assessment and rating scales All the PRISM and SCID-II interviews will be performed by the same psychiatrist, so interrater ... psychiatric disorders, in patients with a mental disorder and a previous but not ongoing SUD, andin patients with only an SUD diagnosis It is much more complicated to assess the mental disorders...
... Insulin Start with 0.3U/kg total daily dose of mixed insulin with 2/3rds administered in the morning and 1/3rd administered in the evening Increase dose by units after pattern is recognized International ... DecisionPath for ChildrenandAdolescents Food Plan and Exercise Physiologic Insulin Start with 0.1U/kg total daily dose of Glargine administered in the evening Increase dose by units until fasting BG ... Blocker (Amlodipine, (Amlodipine, Nifedipine) Nifedipine) Use in combination Use in combination Other Agents Other Agents (Clonidine?) (Clonidine?) Not 1st or 2nd line Not 1st or 2nd line International...