PICU hospitalization is particularly stressful for families. When it is prolonged and the
prognostic is uncertain, it can significantly and negatively affect the whole family. To date …

Quality of life (QOL) is a key aspect of the health care process for children with chronic
diseases and their families. Although clinical evidence regarding the impact of chronic …

Family functioning plays a critical role in childhood disruptive behavior disorders (The
Family Journal, 2003, 11 (1), 33–41; Research in Nursing and Health, 2016, 39 (4), 229 …

Background Mobile apps for mobile phones and tablet devices are widely used by children
and young people aged 0-18 years with long-term health conditions, such as chronic kidney …

Purpose Childhood chronic conditions have a considerable effect on the quality of life (QoL)
of pediatric patients and their caregivers. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to evaluate …

Background: The brief generic Multicultural Quality of Life Index (MQLI) is a culturally
informed self-report 10-item questionnaire used to measure health-related quality of life …

The aim was to describe the psychological functioning of parents of school-age children with
heart disease (HD) in a large-scale, transnational evaluation of parent dyads across the …

Background When a child is given a diagnosis of cancer, the impact reverberates through
the family unit. Siblings, in particular, experience an accumulation of distress. Siblings of …

Prevalence, correlates, and outcomes of youth with comorbid mental and physical
conditions (ie, multimorbidity) were examined in this cross-sectional study. Participants were …

The current study examined changes in family functioning following the onset of Pediatric
Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)/Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric …