Illness-related parental stress and quality of life in children with chronic kidney diseases : a multicentric Belgian study

Objectives Monitoring the psychological well-being of children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is seen as standard care in pediatric nephrology, as many studies have shown that CKD has a great psychological impact. This multi-centric cross-sectional study investigated quality of life (QoL) and illness-related parental stress in this population by 1/ comparing mean levels of these two variables between several CKD categories, and 2/ exploring their correlation. Methods We recruited children with CKD and their parents, followed at the 6 Belgian reference centers for pediatric nephrology. Child... Mehr ...