A comparative study of impairment of quality of life in children with skin disease and children with other chronic childhood diseases

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 145-151

  Beattie, P E ^b   Lewis Jones, M S ^a  

^a NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Children; Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index ; Children's Life Quality Index ; Quality of life; Skin disease

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; ECZEMA; ENURESIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN DISEASE; URTICARIA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SKIN DISEASES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33745012375     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07185.x     Document Type: Article

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