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Multimorbidity in Children and Youth Across the Life-course (MY LIFE): protocol of a Canadian prospective study.
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- Mediating effect of perceived physical appearance in the association of disability and psychopathology in youth with chronic physical illness: a sex-stratified analysis.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2026Article
- Physical illnesses, mental or neurodevelopmental disorders, and multimorbidity in children: results from the Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy contribute to developmental and metabolic multimorbidity in preterm infants.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Trajectories of health-related quality of life in youth with chronic physical illness and their siblings.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Sibling psychopathology as a mediator between disability in youth with chronic physical illness and sibling Health-Related quality of life.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026Article
- Stability and change of psychopathology symptoms among youth with chronic physical illness: A latent transition analysis.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2026Article
- Temporal Patterns and Predictive Factors of Childhood Depressive Disorders Across Asia.Depression and anxiety · 2026Article
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- Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Association With Multimorbidity Among University Students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of patient experience · 2026Article
- Mental Health Service Use Among Children with Chronic Physical Illness.Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent · 2025Article
- Exploring Family Typologies and Health Outcomes in a Dutch Primary Care Population of Children Living in Urban Cities in the Netherlands: A Latent Class Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Multimorbidity Among School-Aged Children in the Yangzhou District of China.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Neonatal multimorbidity and the phenotype of premature aging in preterm infants.Pediatric research · 2025Review
- Association Between Excessive Internet Use Time, Internet Addiction, and Physical-Mental Multimorbidity Among Chinese Adolescents: Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Changes in Psychological Distress in Children With Physical Illness and Their Parents During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Child: care, health and development · 2025Article
- Longitudinal Association Between Youth Multimorbidity and Psychological Distress: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Perceived School Belonging Among Youth with Chronic Physical Illness.Journal of psychoeducational assessment · 2024Article
- Continuity of mental disorders in children with chronic physical illness.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionMultimorbidity, the co-occurrence of a chronic physical condition and mental disorder, affects a substantial number of children and youth and can lead to compromised quality of life, hardship for families, and an increased burden on the healthcare system. We are conducting a study to document the course of mental disorder in children and youth diagnosed with a chronic physical condition; identify predictors of child and youth multimorbidity; examine whether the effects of these predictors are moderated by relevant psychosocial and biological factors; explore potential inflammatory and stress biomarkers that mediate the onset of child and youth multimorbidity; and, assess whether multimorbidity in children and youth alters patterns of mental health service use. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Multimorbidity in Children and Youth Across the Life-course (MY LIFE) is a prospective study. Two hundred and fifty children and youth aged 2-16 years diagnosed with a chronic physical condition along with one parent will be recruited from the outpatient clinics at a paediatric tertiary care centre. Data will be collected using a multi-informant, multimethod design at four time-points (at recruitment, and at 6, 12 and 24 months postrecruitment). Parents will provide reports for all children/youth. In addition, youth ≥10 years will self-report. Mental disorder will be assessed using structured interviews. On completion of data collection, participant-reported data will be linked to provincial health records to identify mental health services use. Multilevel analyses (survival, proportional hazard, structural equation modelling) will be used to address MY LIFE objectives. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This study has been approved by the University of Waterloo Human Research Ethics Board and the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board. Findings will be disseminated to key stakeholders using a number of outlets (peer-reviewed publications and conferences, lay informational pamphlets, social media).
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