scholarly journals Concepts of Illness in Chronically Ill Children : Developmental Change of Categorization and Comparison with Healthy Children

1990 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Fumiya OBATA
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Change ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Chronically Ill Children

scholarly journals Awareness on Concentration of Saccharides in Drugs among College Students - A Questionnaire Based Survey

2020 ◽  
pp. 101-111
Author(s):  
Snehaa Baskaran ◽  
V. Vishnu Priya ◽  
R. Gayathri
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Side Effect ◽  
Deleterious Effect ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Oral Medications ◽  
Chewable Tablets ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
Chronically Ill Children

Sugar is used in medicine for coating, adding volume or texture, and flavouring the medicine. It can also act as a preservative and antioxidant. Sucrose is often used in medications to impart a more pleasant taste to often unpalatable chemicals. Sucrose can be found in many medicinal forms such as chewable tablets, syrups and lozenges. The aim of the study is to create awareness on concentration of sugar in medicines among college students. A survey was administered  through survey planet link with sample size 100. The questionnaire consisted of 14 questions based on awareness on concentration of sugar. In the present study majority of the  participants felt addition of sweeteners in syrups and tablets should be decreased. Adults and children who are administered to long term medicines are prone to caries and other health problems. Chronically ill children are exposed to a greater sugar load from oral medications than healthy children leading to a greater risk of developing caries as a side effect of the treatment. Awareness may be created on the concentration of sugar in medicines and its deleterious effect on health.

scholarly journals Optimistic Outlook and Its Relation with Physical and Psychological Symptom Reporting

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Ira Tripathi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Psychological Symptom ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Physical Symptom ◽  
Symptom Reporting ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Chronically Ill Children

This empirical paper presents a correlation between optimism and physical and mental health. Optimism is a positive variable and is found very much beneficial for maintaining health in several studies .Actually optimism is the belief that good things will happen and this belief can help a lot for physical wellbeing, psychological well-being, coping and stress management. Present study was undertaken on mothers and their children. Sample was comprised of 300 people. There were75 chronically ill children and their mothers (75) and 75 normal healthy children and their mothers (75). All children were aged between 8-12 years. Chronically ill children were those, who were suffering from any chronic disease. Mother’s optimism was measured through LOT and physical and mental health was assessed by PGIHQN1 (physical symptom reporting and psychological symptom reporting). Results revealed that optimism is very significantly correlated with physical and psychological symptom reporting. In all the three groups (combined, ill, and healthy) mothers who were optimistic reported fewer physical and psychological symptoms of illness. Thus it can be said that mothers felt physically and psychologically healthier with their optimistic outlook

Influenza Vaccine

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 1148-1148
Author(s):  
Gerard Marder
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Influenza Vaccine ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Chronically Ill Children

I would like to take exception to recommendations of the Committee on Control of Infectious Diseases in regard to influenza vaccine usage, published in the Academy's Newsletter, October 15, 1967. Basically, the Committee recommended limiting usage to chronically ill children. I have followed this recommendation in our practice over the years; but, after experiencing several flu epidemics, I feel that the recommendation should be revised. Admittedly, most previously healthy children handle the infection well and the illness usually is no more (or less) than other respiratory ills of winter, and they are well in a few days.

Marital Adjustment to Chronic Childhood Illness: A Critique of the Literature

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
pp. 762-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara F. Sabbeth ◽  
John M. Leventhal
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Marital Adjustment ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Childhood Illness ◽  
Marital Distress ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Comparison Groups ◽  
Divorce Rates ◽  
Chronically Ill Children ◽  
Chronic Childhood

Thirty-four studies of marital adjustment were selected from the literature on family adjustment to chronic childhood illness. Studies were reviewed to determine whether divorce rates were elevated or marital adjustment was poorer compared with that of families of healthy children. Of 23 studies reporting divorce rates, only six used a group of families without a chronically ill child for comparison. These studies showed no significant differences in the divorce rates between groups. Of 23 studies of marital adjustment, 83% investigated marital distress. Four of seven studies with comparison groups showed that marital distress was increased in parents of chronically ill children. Other areas of marital adjustment, such as communication, decision-making, and role flexibility, have received almost no attention by researchers. It is questioned whether divorce or distress is an adequate indicator of marital adjustment in general. Further studies are needed to understand the relationships between divorce, distress, and other important areas of marital adjustment to chronic childhood illness.

scholarly journals Social Support of Chronically-ill Children and Healthy Children

1997 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miho Nakamura ◽  
Yuriko Kanematsu ◽  
Midori Yokota ◽  
Junko Takeda ◽  
Nobue Nakamura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Chronically Ill Children

Hypovitaminosis D in chronically ill children in Greece and its management

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsiamasfirou Damiani ◽  
Tsakiropoulos Charalambos ◽  
Vassilakis Alexandros ◽  
Paspati Ioanna
Keyword(s):  
Hypovitaminosis D ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Chronically Ill Children

Nutritional Status of Pediatric Patients in Ramathibodi Hospital Using the WHO Child Growth Standard and the Thai Growth Reference

2020 ◽  
Vol 103 (10) ◽  
pp. 1099-1106
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Child Growth ◽  
World Health ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Growth Standard ◽  
Growth Reference ◽  
Child Growth Standard

Background: The appropriate assessment of nutritional status in children is an essential aspect of health supervision. Currently, there are two references used for growth assessment in Thailand. The WHO child growth standard, which has been widely used since 2007, and the Thai growth reference developed by the Ministry of Public Health, which has been used since 1998. However, there were very few studies that made a direct comparison between both tools. Objective: To compare the nutritional status of healthy pediatric patients in Ramathibodi Hospital assessed by the World Health Organization (WHO) child growth standard and the Thai growth reference. Materials and Methods: The present study was a cross-sectional study. The data were collected from all pediatric patients registered in the outpatient department (OPD) of Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital between January 2013 and December 2018. All healthy children (aged 0 to 15 years) were included. Exclusion criteria of possibly chronically ill children were defined by those who were 1) visiting subspecialty clinics, 2) OPD and emergency room (ER) visits more than ten times per year, 3) having ICD-10 of chronic conditions, or 4) had been admitted in the hospital during the study. The weight and height or length data were extracted from the Electronic Medical Record system. All data were analyzed by the Stata Statistical Software focusing on age and sex-specific Z-scores, which references the WHO child growth standard and the Thai growth reference. Results: Sixty-two thousand one hundred four OPD visits were divided into 31,662 OPD visits for boys and 30,442 OPD visits for girls. Percent of weight for age and height or length for age more than +2 Z-score of both boys and girls when using the Thai growth reference was greater than that using the WHO child growth standard, especially for children aged 0 to 12 months. The Thai growth reference classified as overweight were approximately 10.26% to 31.12% more than using the WHO child growth standard. There was no difference in classification of height by both standards. Conclusion: There was a difference in classification of nutritional status between the Thai growth reference and the WHO child growth standard. Keywords: Nutritional status, Pediatric growth reference, Assessment tool, Overweight

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