Clinical approach to quality of life in children with end-stage renal disease

Clinical approach to quality of life in children with end-stage renal disease

Quality of life in addition to various medical problems in children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) should be objectively assessed to accomplish normal growth and development during childhood. However, unfortunately, studies of quality of life (QoL) in children with ESRD have been not popular ye...

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Main Author: Min Hyun Cho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Pediatric Society 2013-08-01
Series:Korean Journal of Pediatrics
Subjects:
Quality of life
Child
End-stage renal disease
Online Access:http://kjp.or.kr/upload/pdf/kjped-56-323.pdf
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spelling doaj-e86b9b8341564e5fafe190f3658ccfa12020-11-25T00:26:22ZengKorean Pediatric SocietyKorean Journal of Pediatrics1738-10612092-72582013-08-0156832332610.3345/kjp.2013.56.8.32320125550429Clinical approach to quality of life in children with end-stage renal diseaseMin Hyun Cho0Department of Pediatrics, Kyungpook National University Medical Center, Daegu, Korea.Quality of life in addition to various medical problems in children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) should be objectively assessed to accomplish normal growth and development during childhood. However, unfortunately, studies of quality of life (QoL) in children with ESRD have been not popular yet and there are only fewer suitable assessment tools compared with adults. Recently, disease-specific modules to evaluate QoL in children with chronic disease such as ESRD have been developed. This review was made to introduce these QoL instruments for children and help the clinical application of them.http://kjp.or.kr/upload/pdf/kjped-56-323.pdfQuality of lifeChildEnd-stage renal disease
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Clinical approach to quality of life in children with end-stage renal disease
Korean Journal of Pediatrics
Quality of life
Child
End-stage renal disease
author_facet Min Hyun Cho
author_sort Min Hyun Cho
title Clinical approach to quality of life in children with end-stage renal disease
title_short Clinical approach to quality of life in children with end-stage renal disease
title_full Clinical approach to quality of life in children with end-stage renal disease
title_fullStr Clinical approach to quality of life in children with end-stage renal disease
title_full_unstemmed Clinical approach to quality of life in children with end-stage renal disease
title_sort clinical approach to quality of life in children with end-stage renal disease
publisher Korean Pediatric Society
series Korean Journal of Pediatrics
issn 1738-1061
2092-7258
publishDate 2013-08-01
description Quality of life in addition to various medical problems in children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) should be objectively assessed to accomplish normal growth and development during childhood. However, unfortunately, studies of quality of life (QoL) in children with ESRD have been not popular yet and there are only fewer suitable assessment tools compared with adults. Recently, disease-specific modules to evaluate QoL in children with chronic disease such as ESRD have been developed. This review was made to introduce these QoL instruments for children and help the clinical application of them.
topic Quality of life
Child
End-stage renal disease
url http://kjp.or.kr/upload/pdf/kjped-56-323.pdf
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