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Article: Research reports on pediatrics from University of North Carolina provide new insights.
- Article from:
- Pediatrics Week
- Article date:
- November 21, 2009
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"The social-behavioural functioning of children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is not well studied and not fully understood, with available studies reflecting a mixed set of findings. The primary purpose of this paper is to compare the social-behavioural functioning of children with CKD with typical controls using multiple raters," investigators in the United States report.
"A secondary analysis also examines the impact of disease severity on social-behavioural functioning. Parental ratings and self-reports on the Behavior Assessment System for Children were obtained from a patient sample of 26 children and adolescents with CKD. This sample ...