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  • 1
    ISSN: 1365-2516
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary.  In a multinational working group, an instrument (Haemo-QoL) to assess quality of life in children/adolescents with haemophilia and their parents has been developed. In co-operation with haemophilia treatment centres in six European countries, approximately 10 children/adolescents with haemophilia per country and their parents were asked to participate in the pilot-testing. Both self-reported and parent-reported questionnaires were provided for two age-groups of children (4–16 years). Medical data was collected from physicians from patient files. Answers to open questions from participants (58 children and 57 parents) confirmed the content of 116 of the preliminary items. Cognitive debriefing revealed that the majority of the Haemo-QoL was rated favourably, but 29 questions were recommended to be omitted and several items to be reformulated. Preliminary psychometric testing of the revised 77 item questionnaire in the same sample showed acceptable reliability and validity, which will be examined in a subsequent study with a larger patient sample.
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  • 2
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    Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz 43 (2000), S. 198-209 
    ISSN: 1437-1588
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter Kinder ; Gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität ; Erfassungsinstrumente ; Key words Children ; Health related quality of life ; Assessment instruments
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary While health-related quality of life of adults is increasingly researched, the quality of life of healthy and chronically ill children and adolescents has only recently been addressed. The present paper analyses published articles on children's health-related quality of life, identified from medical and psychological sources according to focus and methodology in research. The review shows that empirical work is short and describes available instruments for the assessment of quality of life in children. Increased research activities are necessary to include quality of life assessment of children in prevention, public health, treatment evaluation and rehabilitation
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Während die gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität Erwachsener zunehmend erforscht ist, wird die Lebensqualität gesunder und chronisch kranker Kinder und Jugendlicher erst jüngst thematisiert. In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden in der Literatur publizierte Arbeiten zum Thema gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität von Kindern ausgewertet hinsichtlich Schwerpunkten und Methoden der Forschung. Der Überblick zeigt, dass empirische Arbeiten bisher rar sind, die vorhandenen Messinstrumente zur Lebensqualität von Kindern werden beschrieben. Verstärkte Forschungsaktivitäten sind notwendig, um die Erfassung der Lebensqualität von Kindern in der Prävention, den Gesundheitswissenschaften, in Therapieevaluation und Rehabilitation einsetzen zu können.
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  • 3
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    Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie 3 (1999), S. 134-139 
    ISSN: 1434-3940
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter Lippen-Kiefer-Gaumen-Spalte ; Lebensqualität ; Fragebögen ; Key words Cleft lip and palate ; Quality of life ; Questionnaires
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: While esthetic and functional outcomes of treatment have improved for patients with cleft lip and palate (CLP), a CLP remains a severe problem for patients and relatives. To date, psychological research has dealt with issues such as intelligence, self-consciousness or treatment satisfaction but the long-term impact of a CLP on a psychological construct such as quality of life has yet to be explored. From a pool of 156 patients with CLP, subgroups of varying sizes were examined with a set of standardized questionnaires (KINDL, SF-36, Social Support Survey). In all patients, primary operative treatment had been accomplished. Long-term impact of the CLP on family life was assessed by 112 of the patients’ parents by filling in the Impact on Family Scale. A set of questionnaires, especially developed for patients with CLP, was administered as well. For all patients who have been being treated in an interdisciplinary cleft center for their entire life, the results presented indicate that quality of life is good and within a normal range. Social support appears to be within a normal range. Parents report only minor long-term impact of the CLP on family life and family planning. Treatment satisfaction is high in the CLP patients. The questionnaires especially aimed at CLP patients indicate more specific problems mainly concerning social acceptance, where patients think the CLP had a negative impact. The standardized questionnaires employed so far failed to capture these problems. The combination of the two types of questionnaires is a sufficiently sensitive assessment procedure.
    Notes: Auch wenn die funktionellen und ästhetischen Ergebnisse der Behandlung von Patienten mit Lippen-Kiefer-Gaumen-(LKG)-Spalte sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten erheblich verbessert haben, bleibt die LKG-Spalte für Patienten und Angehörige ein ernstes Problem. Während sich die psychologische Forschung bisher mit Themen wie Intelligenz, Selbstkonzept oder Behandlungszufriedenheit auseinandergesetzt hat, sind langfristige Auswirkungen von LKG-spezifischen Problemen auf psychologische Konstrukte wie Lebensqualität bisher nicht erforscht worden. Aus einem Pool von 156 LKG-Patienten nach Abschluß der primären Operationen wurden verschieden große Subgruppen mit einem Satz standardisierter Fragebögen (KINDL, SF-36, Social Support Survey) untersucht. Mit der Impact on Family Scale wurden gleichzeitig 112 Elternteile oder Elternpaare in Hinblick auf die langfristigen Auswirkungen für die Familie befragt. Weiterhin kam ein Satz von interdisziplinär entwickelten LKG-spezifischen Fragenkatalogen zum Einsatz. Die vorgestellten Ergebnisse zeigen, daß die subjektiv empfundene Lebensqualität vom LKG-Patienten, die an einem interdisziplinären Spaltzentrum über den gesamten Zeitraum der Wachstumsperiode betreut und behandelt werden, gut ist und dem Kollektiv der Normalbevölkerung entspricht. Der Grad der sozialen Integration von LKG-Patienten erscheint ebenfalls im Normbereich. Die Eltern berichten nur geringfügige langfristige Probleme für die Familiengemeinschaft und weitere Familienplanung. Die Zufriedenheit der Patienten mit ihrer Behandlung ist hoch. Die selbstentwickelten Fragensammlungen weisen auf spezifischere Probleme hin, bei denen die LKG-Spalte als Beeinträchtigung empfunden wird und die v. a. im Bereich der sozialen Akzeptanz liegen. Diese Probleme werden durch die bisher verwendeten standardisierten Fragebögen nicht erfaßt. Die Kombination beider Arten von Fragebögen stellt eine ausreichend sensitive Untersuchungsprozedur dar.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1573-2649
    Keywords: Children ; quality of life; ; KINDL questionnaire; ; diabetes; ; asthma.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Health-related quality of life is increasingly being considered as a relevant end-point and outcome criterion in evaluating the effects of medical treatment. While in adults quality of life instruments have been developed in terms of generic as well as disease-specific measures, quality of life assessment and children is a relatively new area. The current paper describes the application of a German generic quality of life instrument for children (the KINDL) in a group of 45 chronically ill children suffering from diabetes or asthma in comparison to 45 age- and gender-matched healthy children. The results of psychometric testing in these populations showed that the German KINDL is a reliable, valid and practical instrument to assess the health-related quality of life of children which should be supplemented by disease-specific modules and needs to be further tested in clinical populations.
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