کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1080925 950569 2006 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Young Adult Patients with a History of Pediatric Disease: Impact on Course of Life and Transition into Adulthood
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی پریناتولوژی (پزشکی مادر و جنین)، طب اطفال و بهداشت کودک
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Young Adult Patients with a History of Pediatric Disease: Impact on Course of Life and Transition into Adulthood
چکیده انگلیسی

PurposeTo assess the course of life of young adults who grew up with a chronic or life-threatening disease, and to compare their course of life with that of peers from the general population. Optimal transition from pediatric to adult health care requires knowledge of the psychosocial history of patients grown up with a pediatric disease.MethodsA total of 508 young adults from the general Dutch population and 650 patients, aged 18–30 years, participated: 348 survivors of childhood cancer, 93 patients with anorectal malformations, 72 patients with Hirschsprung’s disease, 61 patients with oesophageal atresia, 76 patients with end-stage renal disease. They completed the Course of Life Questionnaire, which retrospectively assesses the achievement of developmental milestones (autonomy, psychosexual and social development), and risk behavior (antisocial behavior, substance use and gambling).ResultsThe young adults grown up with a chronic or life-threatening disease proved to have achieved significantly fewer milestones, or at older age than their peers, in all course-of-life domains. The course of life of young adults grown up with esophageal atresia was not delayed compared with that of their peers, whereas that of survivors of childhood cancer and patients with end-stage renal disease was delayed most.ConclusionsHealth care providers should help to minimize the harm for children who grow up with a chronic or life-threatening disease by encouraging parents to stimulate social contacts and autonomy. Attention should especially be directed at children and adolescents growing up with childhood cancer or with end-stage renal disease.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Adolescent Health - Volume 39, Issue 1, July 2006, Pages 4–13
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