Health-related quality of life improves in children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease after attending a camp sponsored by the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-170

  Shepanski, Melissa A ^a,b   Hurd, Linda B ^a   Culton, Keri ^a   Markowitz, Jonathan E ^a   Mamula, Petar ^a   Baldassano, Robert N ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Camp; Children; Inflammatory bowel disease; Pediatrics; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNITED STATES; ANXIETY; CAMPING; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENTERITIS; EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CAMPING; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 18244395881     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00054725-200502000-00010     Document Type: Article

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