BACKGROUND Children with unilateral congenital below-the-elbow deficiency present a dilemma to clinicians. Parents want the child to have a prosthesis and, because it seems that the deficiency will cause functional problems, one is customarily prescribed for infants. Use of the prosthesis is then encouraged throughout childhood. However, these children frequently abandon the prosthesis. There a...

BACKGROUND Children with specific language impairment often present with multiple comorbidities, which may adversely affect both participation in play and academic performance, potentially impacting a child's health-related quality of life. This study 1) explored the suitability of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ Version 4.0 Generic Core Scales (PedsQL™) for use with a typically develo...

Aim of the study: Evaluate posture and quality life in children with hemiparesis assess relation between them. Study Design: observational-cross-sectional study was conducted National Institute Neuromotor System Giza Governorate. Subjects & Methods: Sixty cerebral palsy, 28 girls 32 boys whose ages ranged from 6 to 10 years old, participated this study. The Postural assessment software (PAS...

Objective The COVID-19 outbreak has negatively affected children in many ways. This study aimed to compare the psychological responses of exposed different levels stress during outbreak.Methods anxiety levels, negative thoughts, and quality life COVID-19-positive with parents (Child+ group, n=17), COVID-19-negative who are separated from (Parent+ n=59), a control group (n=64) were compared. par...

BACKGROUND The last decade has evidenced a dramatic increase in the development and utilization of pediatric health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures in an effort to improve pediatric patient health and well-being and determine the value of healthcare services. The emerging paradigm shift toward patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in clinical trials has provided the opportunity to further e...

Methods A cross-sectional study was performed in 20 JDM patients. Pulmonary function test included spirometry, body plethysmography and diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO). They were also carried out six-minute walk test (6MWT) and HRCT scan. Disease activity score (DAS), childhood myositis assessment scale (CMAS), myositis damage index (MDI) and HRQL (Pediatric Quality of Life Invent...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate self-report and parent proxy report of child/teen general quality of life in youth with type 1 diabetes, compare their responses with those of a general pediatric population, and identify relationships between diabetes management, diabetes-related family behavior, and diabetes-specific family conflict with quality of life in youth with type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AN...

BACKGROUND Obesity affects ethnic minority groups disproportionately, especially in the pediatric population. However, little is known about the impact of obesity on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children and adolescents from mixed-ethnic samples. The purpose of this study was to: 1) measure HRQoL in a mixed-ethnic clinical sample of obese children and adolescents, 2) compare HRQoL ...

BACKGROUND The PedsQL 3.0 Cancer Module is a widely used instrument to measure pediatric cancer specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for children aged 2 to 18 years. We developed the Japanese version of the PedsQL Cancer Module and investigated its reliability and validity among Japanese children and their parents. METHODS Participants were 212 children with cancer and 253 of their...

background: patient and parent satisfaction is a significant indicator for the evaluation of quality of care in healthcare systems. this study aimed to evaluate the effect of sociodemographic characteristics on the satisfaction of the parents of newborns admitted in neonatal intensive care units (nicus) in maternity and infant disease hospitals. methods: this descriptive study was conducted on ...