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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Chronically ill children"”.
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Utilizing Discrepancy Theory to Quantitate Quality of Life in Chronically Ill Children
… been developed by our research group to evaluate children with chronic diseases. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the parent-child agreement for discrepancy theory items on the GAP QoL Questionnaire for children with chronic illness. DESIGN/METHODS: Children and parents were recruited for this pilot study …
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Concerns and needs of chronically ill hospitalised children and carers in a Saudi public hospital
… on the experience of carers of hospitalised chronically ill children is lacking. This study set out to explore the needs and concerns for wellbeing of carers of chronically-ill children in a Saudi public hospital. The Research was conducted in two phases. The quantitative phase employed a …
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Chronic childhood disease and child abuse
… research is to investigate whether or not chronically ill children are victims of child abuse more frequently than healthy children. The gender of the child and of the parent will also be examined for differences in the treatment children receive.
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Management péče o chronicky nemocné děti na školách ve vybrané městské části Prahy
… thesis focuses on the management of care for chronically ill children within the context of primary schools in the Czech Republic. Since 2022, legislation has allowed the provision of healthcare services directly in schools, transforming the school into a specific social environment for the …
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Children's participation in chronic illness decision-making: an interpretive description
… societies. To some extent, the status of children in western societies is a contested question, and hence, the nature of children’s contributions to decisions is a matter of debate. Evidence suggests that in spite of an apparent societal commitment to children’s participation in the …
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Am I My Brother's Keeper? A Well Child's Story of Living with a Chronically Ill Sibling
… experience of a well child living at home with a chronically ill sibling. A descriptive qualitative study was conducted. Data obtained through personal interviews was used to capture the children's experience of living at home with a chronically ill brother or sister. The sample consisted of …
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Childhood Chronic Illness: Impact on Well Siblings
<p>Chronic illness incidence is escalating in our society. Chronic conditions and illnesses affect not only the individual but the entire family. Health care research has shown interest toward this topic. The familial response to a childhood chronic condition has been studied by a variety of …
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Work-life balance among parents of children with chronic health difficulties
… experiences faced by employed parents who have children with chronic health conditions. Due to such extraordinary circumstances, in some cases, one of the parents had to stop working to take care of the child’s needs. This study intends to identify the challenges that these parents face on a …
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A Trauma-Informed Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Pediatric Oncology Patients
… of posttraumatic stress reactions among chronically ill children and their family members. Despite this evidence, the majority of intervention studies have not incorporated key trauma-informed intervention components that have proven to be effective in symptom reduction for trauma-exposed …
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Experience of families caring for a child with cystic fibrosis : a nursing response
… thesis is concerned with families and chronic illness in childhood. The specific focus of the study is the nursing contribution to support of the family. A longitudinal study of the experience of four families caring for a child with cystic fibrosis was carried out using the ethnographic …
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Health locus of control of children with a chronic health condition
… Scale, form C, was used to determine whether children with a chronic health illness had an internal health locus of control (health was self-controlled) or if their health was determined by external factors, such as chance or fate or by their doctors or other people. Mean scores showed the …
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COGNITIVE ADAPTATION AND THE SCHOOLAGER WITH ASTHMA.
… the influence of Taylor's (1983) themes on the children's social behavior was also tested. The three themes of Taylor's (1983) theory included A Search for Meaning, Restoration of Self-Esteem, and Gaining a Sense of Self-Mastery. Two components of A Search for Meaning included the Impact of …
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The use of the EQ-5D-Y health related quality of life instrument in children in the Western Cape, South Africa: Psychometric properties, feasibility and usefulness
… Quality of Life (HRQoL) outcome measure, in children between eight and twelve years of age. The study objectives were to examine the measure's psychometric properties of criterion validity, discriminant and concurrent validity, when used on children with different health statuses, and to …