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ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2023

Patient and Parent Characteristics Related to Quality of Life and Self-Esteem in Healthy Youth Undergoing Provocative Growth Hormone Testing.

Adda Grimberg, Elizabeth A Friedrich, Walter Faig, Camilia Kamoun, Ettya R Fremont, Rui Xiao, Victoria A Miller

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Article in The Journal of pediatrics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Correlates of youth involvement in decision making about growth hormone treatment.Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Adda GrimbergDepartment of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: Grimberg@chop.edu.
Elizabeth A FriedrichCraig Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
Walter FaigDepartment of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
Camilia KamounDivision of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
Ettya R FremontCraig Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
Rui XiaoDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Victoria A MillerDepartment of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Craig Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Translational Research Training in Pediatric Diabetes & EndocrinologyT32DK063688 · NIDDK · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI LORRAINE E LEVITT KATZ, ANDREA Bridget KELLY · 2002 to 2026
$5.4M
A new paradigm of short stature: Incorporating parent and youth characteristics into understanding GH-related decision making and trajectories of quality of life and self-esteemR01HD097129 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI GRIMBERG, ADDA, MILLER, VICTORIA ALLISON · 2019 to 2023
$2.4M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD097129NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK063688
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo examine how height and youth as well as parenting characteristics associate with quality of life (QoL) and self-esteem among healthy youth undergoing growth evaluation with growth hormone (GH) testing. STUDY

designHealthy youth, aged 8-14 years, undergoing provocative GH testing, and a parent completed surveys at or around the time of testing. Surveys collected demographic data; youth and parent reports of youth health-related QoL; youth reports of self-esteem, coping skills, social support, and parental autonomy support; and parent reports of perceived environmental threats and achievement goals for their child. Clinical data were extracted from electronic health records. Univariate models and multivariable linear regressions were used to identify factors associated with QoL and self-esteem.

resultsSixty youth (mean height z score -2.18 ± 0.61) and their parents participated. On multivariable modeling, youth perceptions of their physical QoL associated with higher grade in school, greater friend and classmate support, and older parent age; youth psychosocial QoL with greater friend and classmate support, and with less disengaged coping; and youth height-related QoL and parental perceptions of youth psychosocial QoL with greater classmate support. Youth self-esteem associated with greater classmate support and taller mid-parental height. Youth height was not associated with QoL or self-esteem outcomes in multivariable regression.

conclusionsPerceived social support and coping skills, rather than height, were related to QoL and self-esteem in healthy short youth and may serve as an important potential area for clinical intervention.

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Human Growth HormoneQuality of LifeAdaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentChildHumansSurveys and QuestionnairesHuman Growth Hormonegrowth hormonepediatricquality of lifeshort stature

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PMID37172805
PMCPMC12097525
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