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Life quality and empathy in children with celiac disease

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to investigate the associations between celiac disease (CD) and children’s life quality and empathy level. METHODS: In this study, all participants aged 8–14 years completed the Turkish version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory and Index of Empathy for Children an...

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Autores principales: Oflu, Ayse Tolunay, Bukulmez, Aysegul, Icigen, Erdem, Molon, Lutfi, Koca, Tugba Gursoy, Avsar, Yunus Emre
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kare Publishing 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7754876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33381694
http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/nci.2020.75735
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author Oflu, Ayse Tolunay
Bukulmez, Aysegul
Icigen, Erdem
Molon, Lutfi
Koca, Tugba Gursoy
Avsar, Yunus Emre
author_facet Oflu, Ayse Tolunay
Bukulmez, Aysegul
Icigen, Erdem
Molon, Lutfi
Koca, Tugba Gursoy
Avsar, Yunus Emre
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description OBJECTIVE: This study aims to investigate the associations between celiac disease (CD) and children’s life quality and empathy level. METHODS: In this study, all participants aged 8–14 years completed the Turkish version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory and Index of Empathy for Children and Adolescents. Parents were also applied to the structured survey. RESULTS: This study included a study group consisting of 45 children with celiac disease and a control group with 48 healthy children. The total scores of PedsQL were significantly lower for children with celiac disease when compared to the control group (p<0.05). When the sub-scores of PedsQL were evaluated, scores except the school functioning score (ScFS) were significantly lower in the study group (p<0.05). When IECA was analyzed, total empathy scale scores (TESS) were measured significantly higher in the study group (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: This study supports the argument that the quality of life decreases in children with CD. Future studies should aim to develop support models to improve the life quality of celiac patients. To our knowledge, this is the first study proving the increased empathy levels of children with CD. The determinants of the increased empathy levels should be focussed on future studies.
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spelling pubmed-77548762020-12-29 Life quality and empathy in children with celiac disease Oflu, Ayse Tolunay Bukulmez, Aysegul Icigen, Erdem Molon, Lutfi Koca, Tugba Gursoy Avsar, Yunus Emre North Clin Istanb Original Article OBJECTIVE: This study aims to investigate the associations between celiac disease (CD) and children’s life quality and empathy level. METHODS: In this study, all participants aged 8–14 years completed the Turkish version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory and Index of Empathy for Children and Adolescents. Parents were also applied to the structured survey. RESULTS: This study included a study group consisting of 45 children with celiac disease and a control group with 48 healthy children. The total scores of PedsQL were significantly lower for children with celiac disease when compared to the control group (p<0.05). When the sub-scores of PedsQL were evaluated, scores except the school functioning score (ScFS) were significantly lower in the study group (p<0.05). When IECA was analyzed, total empathy scale scores (TESS) were measured significantly higher in the study group (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: This study supports the argument that the quality of life decreases in children with CD. Future studies should aim to develop support models to improve the life quality of celiac patients. To our knowledge, this is the first study proving the increased empathy levels of children with CD. The determinants of the increased empathy levels should be focussed on future studies. Kare Publishing 2020-11-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7754876/ /pubmed/33381694 http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/nci.2020.75735 Text en Copyright: © 2020 by Istanbul Northern Anatolian Association of Public Hospitals http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
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Oflu, Ayse Tolunay
Bukulmez, Aysegul
Icigen, Erdem
Molon, Lutfi
Koca, Tugba Gursoy
Avsar, Yunus Emre
Life quality and empathy in children with celiac disease
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7754876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33381694
http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/nci.2020.75735
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