Poster Presentations (Part 7 of 9)
| Autor: | I. E. A. Van Der Reijden-Lakeman, Frank C. Verhulst, J. E. W. M. Van Dongen-Melman, W. J. De Waal, F. M. E. Slijper |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Percentile Pediatrics Growth retardation business.industry Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Self-concept Short stature Treatment period law.invention Growth hormone treatment Endocrinology Randomized controlled trial law Internal medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Medicine medicine.symptom business Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Hormone Research in Paediatrics. 46:88-100 |
| ISSN: | 1663-2826 1663-2818 |
| Popis: | The objective of this study was to assess self-concept in children with short stature after intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), before and after 2 years of growth hormone (hGH) treatment. We assessed 25 children before treatment, and 40 children after a 2-year treatment period. Seventeen of the 25 children of whom we had pretreatment data, were reassessed after 2 years of hGH treatment. All children had a birth length below the 3rd percentile, and did not show catch-up growth (current height < P3). We compared the self-concept measures (Self-Perception Profile for Children; SPPC) of the IUGR group with similar measures of a Dutch school sample. Four of the six SPPC mean scale scores of the IUGR group prior to treatment were significantly lower than mean scores of the school sample. Mean-scale scores of the group children, assessed after 2 years of hGH treatment, did not differ significantly from those of the school sample. In the group of 17 children who were assessed before as well as after 2 years of treatment, the mean scale scores of 'social acceptance' and 'general self-worth' were significantly higher at the second assessment (t = -5.93, p < 0.001 and t = -4.36, p < 0.001, respectively). From the present study we can hypothesize that short stature after IUGR and a low self-concept are related. |
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