Paediatric quality of life instruments: a review of the impact of the conceptual framework on outcomes

E Davis, E Waters, A Mackinnon… - … medicine and child …, 2006 - cambridge.org
With an increasing number of paediatric quality of life (QOL) instruments being developed, it
is becoming difficult for researchers and clinicians to select the most appropriate instrument …

Evaluating health-related quality-of-life studies in paediatric populations: some conceptual, methodological and developmental considerations and recent applications

M De Civita, D Regier, AH Alamgir, AH Anis… - …, 2005 - Springer
Although numerous paediatric-based health-related quality-of-life (HR-QOL) instruments are
currently in use, there still remain conceptual, methodological and developmental issues to …

Health-related quality of life of overweight and obese children

J Williams, M Wake, K Hesketh, E Maher, E Waters - Jama, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
ContextThe negative effects of childhood overweight and obesity on quality of life (QOL)
have been shown in clinical samples but not yet in population-based community samples …

The relative impact of anxiety, depression, and clinical seizure features on health‐related quality of life in epilepsy

EK Johnson, JE Jones, M Seidenberg, BP Hermann - Epilepsia, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To determine the independent effects of depression and anxiety on health‐related
quality of life (HRQOL) in epilepsy as well as the relative explanatory power of psychiatric …

Physical activity and sedentary behaviors and health-related quality of life in adolescents

B Gopinath, LL Hardy, LA Baur, G Burlutsky… - Pediatrics, 2012 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: Our goal was to assess cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between
physical activity and sedentary behaviors (television viewing, computer and video-game …

Cognitive and behavioral impact of the ketogenic diet in children and adolescents with refractory epilepsy: a randomized controlled trial

DM IJff, D Postulart, DAJE Lambrechts, MHJM Majoie… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose The ketogenic diet (KD) is increasingly used for the treatment of refractory epilepsy
in childhood because of the beneficial effect on seizure reduction. The aim of the current …

The relationship between quality of life and functioning for children with cerebral palsy

A Shelly, E Davis, E Waters… - … Medicine & Child …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Given that quality of life (QOL) is commonly confused with functioning, the aim of this study
was to examine the association between functioning and QOL domains for children with …

ADHD, neurological correlates and health‐related quality of life in severe pediatric epilepsy

EMS Sherman, DJ Slick, MB Connolly, KL Eyrl - Epilepsia, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: ADHD is reported as a frequent comorbidity in pediatric epilepsy. We aimed to
clarify the prevalence of ADHD, its neurological correlates and the role of ADHD in health …

Quality of life instruments for children and adolescents with neurodisabilities: how to choose the appropriate instrument

E Waters, E Davis, GM Ronen… - … medicine & child …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aim There are many misconceptions about what constitutes 'quality of life'(QoL). It is often
difficult for researchers and clinicians to determine which instruments will be most …

[HTML][HTML] Health-related quality of life in childhood epilepsy: Moving beyond'seizure control with minimal adverse effects'

GM Ronen, DL Streiner, P Rosenbaum - Health and Quality of life …, 2003 - Springer
Childhood epilepsy is one of the most important and prevalent neurological conditions in the
developing years. Persons with childhood onset epilepsy are at a high risk for poor …