Predictors of weight maintenance

Objective: To obtain predictors of weight maintenance after a weight-loss intervention. Research Methods and Procedures: An overall analysis of data from two-long intervention studies [n = 67 women; age: 37.9±1.0 years; body weight (BW): 87.0±1.2 kg; body mass index: 32.1±0.5 kg·m-2; % body fat: 42.4±0.5%]. Subjects were measured before a very...

TACQOL manual parent form (ages 6-11) and child form (ages 8=-11)

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The proxy problem: Child report versus parent report in health-related quality of life research

This study evaluates the agreement between child and parent reports on children's health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a representative sample of 1,105 Dutch children (age 8-11 years old). Both children and their parents completed a 56 item questionnaire (TACQOL). The questionnaire contains seven eight-item scales: physical complaints,...

Measuring health-related quality of life in children: The development of the TACQOL parent form

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL), conceptualized as patients' own evaluations of their health status, is an important criterion in evaluating health and health care and in the treatment of individual patients. Until now, few systematic attempts have been made to develop instruments to assess the HRQoL of children using such a...

Childhood nocturnal enuresis in the Netherlands

Objectives. To assess the prevalence of nocturnal enuresis in school children aged 5 to 15 years, and to investigate the association of bedwetting with ethnicity, the educational level of the parents, and the type of education (mainstream or special) received by the child. Methods. Data were obtained for 5360 children in mainstream education and...

Food intolerance (food hypersensitivity) and chronic complaints in children: The parents' perception

The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of food intolerance (FI) in Dutch 5- and 6-year-old children and its association with chronic ailments with a survey among parents by questionnaire. Based on parents' perception the prevalence of 'probable' FI was 3.8%. FI was associated with asthma, wheezing, eczema, hay fever, chronic rhinitis,...

Ouder- en kindzorg: Medische effectiviteit

Prevalentie van door ouders gerapporteerde chronische aandoeningen bij schoolkindern [Prevalence of chronic diseases in school children reported by the parents]

Objective. To establish the prevalence of chronic diseases reported by parents among a random population of Dutch children. Furthermore, to establish how often these children visited a physician because of a chronic disease, and used drugs for its treatment. Setting. Dordrecht and environs. Design. Descriptive. Method. In the school year 1990...

Injury control in pre-school children: A review of parental safety measures and the behavioural determinants

Safety education directed at parents of pre-school children may be an important tool in reducing injuries of pre-school children at home. However, many studies on educational programmes directed at parents have shown little evidence of success in terms of changes in parental safety behaviour and childhood injuries. These programmes may have been...

Correlates of toothbrushing in preschool children by their parents in four ethnic groups in The Netherlands

A previous study among Amsterdam 5-year-old children showed that on average, the older the child at the onset of toothbrushing and the less frequent the toothbrushing, the more life time caries experience it had. The aim of the present study was to assess correlates of these two caries risk factors, in four ethnic groups. A further aim was to...

Goede lange-termijn resultaten van droog-bedtraining bij kinderen met enuresis nocturna [Good long-term results of dry bed training of children with nocturnal enuresis]

Good long-term results of dry bed training of children with nocturnal enuresis. Objective. To determine the long-term effect of dry bed training in a youth health care setting. Setting. Haarlemmermeer, the Netherlands.Design. Descriptive. Method. Parents of 36 children (mean age 9 year) subjected to dry bed training in 1987-1989, were asked in...

Prediction of height achievement at five years of age in children born very preterm or with very low birth weight: Continuation of catch-up growth after two years of age

To predict height at five years in a cohort of 565 very preterm and/or very low-birth-weight children, hypothesized growth determinants were subjected to discriminant analysis. Many neonatal parameters were not significantly associated with short stature at five years of age. A correct classification of stature (smaller/larger than the 10th...

Cariës bij kinderen uit etnische groepen: een onderzoek bij vijfjarige Amsterdamse kinderen en hun ouders naar risico-indicatoren en -factoren [Caries in children from ethnic groups: an investigation in five-year-old children in Amsterdam and their parents concerning risk indicators and factors]

A previous study has shown five-year-old children of parents originating from Turkey or Morocco to have twice as much dmfs as children of parents from The Netherlands, Surinam or various other countries. In the present study, other risk indicators and factors for the prevalence of caries amongst these children were studied by interviewing their...

Risk indicators and potential risk factors for caries in 5-year-olds of different ethnic groups in Amsterdam.

The aim of this study was threefold: first, to assess the oral health of Turkish, Moroccan, Surinamese, Dutch and "other" 5-yr-old children living in Amsterdam; second, to identify risk indicators for caries, in addition to ethnicity; and third, to identify potential risk factors related to differences in caries experience in these children....

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Droog bedtraining bij enuresis noctura [Dry bed training in nocturnal enuresis]