Children with medical complexity (CMC) have medical fragility and intensive care needs that
are not easily met by existing health care models. CMC may have a congenital or acquired …

Objective To integrate results of available studies that compared levels of depressive
symptoms of children and adolescents with chronic physical illness to healthy peers or test …

Cuando en una familia hay un miembro enfermo o discapacitado, se tiene una necesidad
especial de apoyo terapéutico. Este libro ofrece una orientación excelente para psiquiatras …

Background. Pediatric patients' self-report of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has
emerged as an important patient-based health outcome. A practical, validated generic …

The controversy concerning the value of qualitative, quantitative and triangulation
approaches to nursing research for understanding human behaviour and increasing nursing …

Test-based psychological assessment has been significantly affected by the health care
revolution in the United States during the past two decades. Despite new limitations on …

Research conducted primarily over the past 5–8 years on the psychosocial effects of
pediatric chronic physical disorders on children and their families is reviewed. A large body …

We assessed differences in parental reports of parenting stress, child behavior problems,
and dysphoria in 150 families who had children with autism (n= 30), behavior disorders (n …

ContextChanges in the prevalence of chronic health conditions in childhood have
considerable societal consequences for health care planning and for employment. To obtain …

The prevalence of chronic conditions among adolescents is difficult to assess due to the lack
of quality data focusing specifically on this age group, as well as the diversity in …