Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Minya University, Egypt
Commentary
Impact of Growth Hormone Therapy on Quality of Life in Short Stature Children at Minya University Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s): Noura M El Bakry* and Zamzam H Mohamed
Background: If a child's height is further more two standard deviations under the mean for children of his or her sex also age, then we say that he or she has short stature.
Quality of life (QOL) is a person's perception of their own state of well-being & functioning over a wide spectrum from the best possible to the worst possible. It involves psychological, physical, cognitive, social, functional & behavioral elements. QOL has also become more important in health care practice and research.
Objectives: to assess the QOL in children previously both idiopathic short stature (ISS) and growth hormone deficiency (GHD) were on the list of diagnoses in addition children on treatment with growth hormone (GH) by daily injection.
Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 200 children between th.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2155-6156.10001019
