Health-Related Quality of Life of Children and Adolescents with Growth Hormone Deficiency or Idiopathic Short Stature – Part 2: Available Results and Future Directions

Research on the health-related quality of life (HrQoL) impact of short stature and its treatment in children and adolescents has developed recently. Based on a PubMed literature search, studies addressing this issue were identified and considerable methodological problems mainly related to the HrQoL...

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Published inHormone research Vol. 72; no. 2; pp. 74 - 81
Main Authors Bullinger, Monika, Kołtowska-Häggström, Maria, Sandberg, David, Chaplin, John, Wollmann, Hartmut, Noeker, Meinolf, Brütt, Anna Levke
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.01.2009
Subjects
Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Dwarfism - epidemiology
Dwarfism - psychology
Dwarfism - therapy
Female
Growth hormone deficiency
Human Growth Hormone - deficiency
Humans
Idiopathic short stature
Male
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
MEDICIN
MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP
MEDICINE
Mini Review
Quality of life
Quality of Life - psychology
Growth hormone deficiency
Idiopathic short stature
Quality of life
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Summary:Research on the health-related quality of life (HrQoL) impact of short stature and its treatment in children and adolescents has developed recently. Based on a PubMed literature search, studies addressing this issue were identified and considerable methodological problems mainly related to the HrQoL instruments used and conflicting results are discussed in this mini review. Additionally, this mini review identifies a need for further research and indicates potential directions.
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ISSN:1663-2818
0301-0163
1423-0046
1663-2826
1423-0046
DOI:10.1159/000232159