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The quality of life of children with Crohn's disease
Vaňková, Vendula ; Mareš, Jiří (advisor) ; Vaňková, Dana (referee)
Author: Vendula Vaňková Institution: Charles University in Prague Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Department of Social Medicine, Department of Nursing Title: The quality of life of children with Crohn's disease Supervisor: prof. PhDr. Jiří Mareš, CSc. Number of pages: 120 Number of attachments: 8 Year of defense: 2018 Keywords: Crohn's disease, children and adolescents, inflammatory bowel diseases, quality of life, mixed approach This bachelor thesis explores the quality of life of adolescents with Crohn's disease. The theoretical part deals with Crohn's disease - the incidence of diseases in adults and children and adolescents, etiology, symptoms, complications, diagnosis and treatment. The next chapter focuses on the specificities of Crohn's disease in childhood. The notion of quality of life is explained in the next chapter together with a description of previous research on this issue. Qualitative and quantitative research in adolescents with Crohn's disease is key to work. The tested set was established from five adolescents aged 14 - 17 (3 girls and 2 boys). The adolescents answered the questions in the semi-structured interview, then completed the PedsQL questionnaire, which evaluates children's quality of life. The thesis verifies the quality of life of adolescents with Crohn's...
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