.... 2025 Introduction: Short stature can lead to physical limitations and socioemotional effects limiting a child and parents’ quality of life (QoL). This study investigates the impact of hypochondroplasia and other genetic causes ( ACAN , NPR2 mutations, and RASopathy) of short stature on QoL...

... and impair their quality of life (QoL). This study aimed to assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in TG children. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study comparing HRQoL in gender non-conforming (Trans) and gender-conforming (CIS) children and adolescents using the Spanish version of KIDSCREEN...

... health for PP (54% EP, 56% PP). Of the 166 EP surveyed, 76% rated GH treatment as potentially improving quality of life (QoL), with 88% reporting a minimum 3-inch height increase as necessary to improve QoL. Conclusions: Height comparisons were more likely to impact EP than PP in seeking height-related...

... adolescent boys; however, the effects of this intervention on quality of life (QoL) are unknown. This study assesses whether GH, AI, or their combination impacts the QoL of adolescent males with idiopathic short stature (ISS) from both the adolescent and the parent perspective. Method: A randomized open...

... to investigate the quality of life of children with DSD other than congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Methods: The participants (aged 6–18 years) were 23 patients raised as males and 7 patients raised as females. Control data were obtained from representatives of the patients’ siblings matched for age and gender...

...Mabel Yau; Maria Vogiatzi; Ariana Lewkowitz-Shpuntoff; Saroj Nimkarn; Karen Lin-Su Background/Aims: Factors in congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) that may affect quality of life (QOL) include the need for lifelong medication, the risk of adrenal crisis, and hyperandrogenic symptoms...

...Kung-Ting Kao; Robyn Stargatt; Margaret Zacharin Backgroud/Aims: Poor quality of life (QoL) has been reported in adults with growth hormone deficiency. Few studies have examined QoL in adults with childhood onset multiple pituitary hormone deficiencies (COMPHD). We evaluated QoL in adults...

...Alexandra Geisler; Nina Lass; Nicole Reinsch; Yvonne Uysal; Viola Singer; Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer; Thomas Reinehr Background: Quality of life (QoL) as it is related with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is a matter of controversy. Methods: We analyzed QoL in 95 children aged 8–18 years with isolated...

... 12 2011 13 03 2012 19 4 2012 Children Growth hormone treatment Height determination Height prediction Puberty Quality of life Short stature Height perception A motivating factor behind the demand by parents of short children for growth hormone (GH) treatment has been...

...Annemieke J. Lem; Inge Jobse; Danielle C.M. van der Kaay; Maria A.J. de Ridder; Hein Raat; Anita C.S. Hokken-Koelega Aims: To investigate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in short children born small for gestational age (SGA) during growth hormone (GH) treatment and additional postponement...

... to €330,900) depending on height gain, GH dose and unit cost, as well as discount rate chosen. Evidence regarding a potential benefit on health-related quality of life is lacking. Economic evaluation relates the outcome obtained by a strategy to the resources required to achieve the outcome...

...Meinolf Noeker Living with idiopathic short stature (ISS) may entail significant risks to psychological functioning and quality of life. Apparent inconsistency among study findings can be resolved if methodological differences among study designs are taken into account (i.e., definition...

...David E. Sandberg Beliefs and assumptions regarding the presumed negative influence of height on psychological adaptation and quality of life contribute to the growth hormone (GH) therapy decision-making process. Although bioethics considers more than empirical evidence when providing guidance...

... replacement Quality of life Among the many challenges associated with the diagnosis and treatment of short stature in children, psychological well-being and functioning deserve special attention [ 1 ]. Many assume that children and adolescents who are shorter than their peers experience impairments...

...John Eric Chaplin Measuring a child’s quality of life (QoL) is a complex dynamic, involving consideration of both present circumstances and future limitations. In relation to short stature, health-related QoL, with its emphasis on current health status, may be inadequate to describe QoL in children...

... and make the liver behave as if it is GH resistant. The remaining ‘peripheral’ or non- hepatic acromegaly has a significant negative impact on the quality of life of these patients. Conclusions: Pegvisomant is the most effective medical treatment for acromegaly. Due to its mode of action...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Self-perception Quality of life Short-stature children, psychosocial variables Idiopathic short stature Growth hormone deficiency The effects of growth hormone...

.... Noonan syndrome Neuropsychology Social cognition Alexithymia Quality of life While neuropsychology shares a main principle with neurology in considering brain function as a frame of reference, the subject matter is always behavior. It is the research discipline that combines neurosciences...

...Monika Bullinger; Maria Kołtowska-Häggström; David Sandberg; John Chaplin; Hartmut Wollmann; Meinolf Noeker; Anna Levke Brütt 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...

... stressors associated with short stature (e.g., bullying, peer relations) and the correlation of adaptation failure with low socioeconomic status and impaired quality of life in adulthood; (2) development of valid and sensitive assessment tools; (3) clinical decision-making based on psychological assessment...