Pediatric Coccidioidomycosis Patients: Perceptions, Quality of Life and Psychosocial Factors

Research investigating the effects of coccidioidomycosis (valley fever) on children and the psychosocial implications of this disease in general is lacking. This study reviews what is known about pediatric coccidioidomycosis patients. It documents the psychological functioning, quality of life, and...

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Autores principales: Gaab, Erin Mary, Naeem, Fouzia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4939562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27417796
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare3030775
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description Research investigating the effects of coccidioidomycosis (valley fever) on children and the psychosocial implications of this disease in general is lacking. This study reviews what is known about pediatric coccidioidomycosis patients. It documents the psychological functioning, quality of life, and illness perceptions of a sample of coccidioidomycosis patient families. Primary caregivers of pediatric patients and patients from a major hospital in the San Joaquin Valley of California were interviewed regarding their perceptions of disease detection, access to care and the patient/family experience.
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spelling pubmed-49395622016-07-12 Pediatric Coccidioidomycosis Patients: Perceptions, Quality of Life and Psychosocial Factors Gaab, Erin Mary Naeem, Fouzia Healthcare (Basel) Article Research investigating the effects of coccidioidomycosis (valley fever) on children and the psychosocial implications of this disease in general is lacking. This study reviews what is known about pediatric coccidioidomycosis patients. It documents the psychological functioning, quality of life, and illness perceptions of a sample of coccidioidomycosis patient families. Primary caregivers of pediatric patients and patients from a major hospital in the San Joaquin Valley of California were interviewed regarding their perceptions of disease detection, access to care and the patient/family experience. MDPI 2015-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4939562/ /pubmed/27417796 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare3030775 Text en © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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