INTRODUCTION Moebius syndrome is a rare congenital disorder characterized by congenital facial paralysis and impairment of ocular abduction. The absence of facial expression in people with Moebius syndrome may impair social interaction. The present study aims at replicating prior findings on psychological adjustment in children and adolescents with Moebius syndrome and providing first data on q...

PURPOSE To develop and validate a questionnaire that measures health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children with vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC). DESIGN Prospective, observational case series. METHODS An initial list of 42 items was developed and administered to 30 children with active VKC (six girls and 24 boys; mean age, nine +/- two years). The 30 most significant items were selec...

BACKGROUND Anthroposophic treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) includes special artistic and physical therapies and special medications. METHODS We studied 61 consecutive children starting anthroposophic treatment for ADHD symptoms under routine outpatient conditions. Primary outcome was FBB-HKS (a parents' questionnaire for ADHD core symptoms, 0-3), and secondary out...

The Amnestic Comparative Self-Assessment (ACSA) is a sensitive, efficient, and economic instrument to assess overall quality of life in adult populations. The present study investigates the applicability of the ACSA in an adolescent sample and compares it to a measure of health-related quality of life, the Kiddo-Kindl. The sample comprised 92 adolescents (50 girls, 42 boys) aged 11-17 years (me...

The objective of this report was to present the referent values of the Serbian KINDL for healthy children and adolescents. The data from 756 children and adolescents and 618 parents were used. The mean values with standard deviations, 95% confidence intervals, and percentiles were calculated for KINDL. Additionally, the differences between genders, children and parents, and the correlations of ...

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effect mental health on health-related quality life in adolescents.
 Methods: This cross-sectional conducted among 1188 students studying a public high school Istanbul, Turkey. Data were collected using General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and Turkish Generic Health-Related Quality Life for adolescents (Kiddo-KINDL). Descriptive statis...

PURPOSE This study aimed to (1) compare sleep problems between children and adolescents with epilepsy and non-epileptic controls, and (2) examine whether there is an association between sleep problems and quality of life, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and mothers' emotional symptoms. METHOD Fifty-three patients from a cohort of epilepsy (aged 7-18 years) and 28 controls with...

With research to suggest that urban greenspace use can affect the health and wellbeing of adults, it is important to investigate this association in children. Compared with factors such as physical activity, research considering greenspace and its association with the health and wellbeing of children from urban areas is relatively rare. This study examined the health-related quality of life of ...

AIMS The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the changes of levels of depression and quality of life in adolescent students after receiving short-term cognitive behavioral educational program in health class for stress management. METHODS Subjects were 176 middle school students aged 12 to 14 years. They completed the Depression Self-Rating Scale for Children (DSRS-C) and the Revised...