In 2008-2009, 7.7% of US children younger than 18 years had a disability that limited usual activity, which is a 4-fold increase in the prevalence of childhood activity limitations since 1960, according to data from the National Health Interview Survey from the US Department of Health and Hum...
The article focuses on a study which examined the dynamics of obesity and other chronic health conditions in children and youth in the U.S. The study utilized the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-Child Cohort from 1988 to 2006. The end-study prevalence of chronic health condition was 12.8...
In the national sample, parents of children with functional limitations were more distressed than parents whose children experienced other types of condition consequences or none. In the inner-city sample, presence of a health condition was associated with greater parental distress, but there were no...
A prior study from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) reported that at a mean (range) age of 27 (18-48) years, 62% of survivors had at least 1 chronic health condition and 27% had a severe or life-threatening condition,8 which represents a significant health burden during the ...
Children with disabling chronic conditions often have extensive, complex and unmet healthcare and educational needs. They can be defined as a subset of the group of children with chronic health conditions whose condition results in some degree of functional or activity limitation. There is limited ...
The greatest increases in hospitalizations occurred in children whose chronic conditions were complex or progressive or affected 2 or more body systems. This cohort, compared with patients with no chronic condition, experienced significant increases in number of patients (32.5% vs 13.7%;P< .001), ...
Using data from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS), we studied the association between chronic health conditions and specific health care needs among children and adolescents in Germany. A chronic health condition was defined based on standardized par...
(2000). The inclusion of pupils with a chronic health condition in mainstream school: what does it mean for teachers? Educational Research, 42(1), 59-72.Murkherjee,S.,Lighthoot, J.,Sloper,P.(2000) The inclusion of pupils with a chronic health condition in mainstream school:what does it...
We interviewed parents of children with complex chronic health conditions to examine how their experiences and perceptions of continuity of care fit with these perspectives; and to identify the salient factors in the experience of, and factors contributing to, continuity in this population. Methods ...
Clinicians should consider chronic pain in children as more than a biomedical condition when they choose appropriate treatment. A new World Health Organization guideline has advised health workers to include biopsychosocial factors such as the child’s age, social environment, and cultural background. ...