title: Health-related quality of life of children and adolescents with growth hormone deficiency or idiopathic short stature - part 2: available results and future directions.
abstract: Research on the health-related quality of life (HrQoL) impact of short stature and its treatment in children and adolescents has developed recently. Based on a PubMed literature search, studies addressing this issue were identified and considerable methodological problems mainly related to the HrQoL instruments used and conflicting results are discussed in this mini review. Additionally, this mini review identifies a need for further research and indicates potential directions.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Medical Psychology, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bullinger
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kołtowska-Häggström
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sandberg
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chaplin
authors.forename: Hartmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wollmann
authors.forename: Meinolf
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noeker
authors.forename: Anna Levke
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Brütt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004392:Dwarfism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: D019382:Human Growth Hormone