TY - JOUR A1 - Warschburger, Petra A1 - von Schwerin, A.-D. A1 - Buchholz, H. T. A1 - Petermann, Franz T1 - An educational program for parents of asthmatic preschool children: Short and medium-Term Effects. Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Warschburger, Petra A1 - Landgraf, Jeanne M. A1 - Petermann, Franz A1 - Freidel, Klaus T1 - Health-related quality of life in children assessed by their parents : evaluation of the psychometric properties of the CHQ-PF50 in two German clinical samples Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Petermann, Franz A1 - Gulyas, Akos F. A1 - Niebank, Kay A1 - Warschburger, Petra T1 - Effects of allergen avoidance at high altitude on children with asthma and atopic dermatitis Y1 - 2004 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Warschburger, Petra A1 - Busch, S. A1 - Bauer, C. P. A1 - Kiosz, D. A1 - Stachow, R. A1 - Petermann, Franz T1 - Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with asthma : results from the ESTAR study N2 - Our aim was to assess the psychosocial well-being of asthmatic children and adolescents, the influencing factors, and to determine the effect of inpatient rehabilitation on their quality of life; 226 asthmatic children and adolescents participated in the inpatient rehabilitation (IG). The comparison group (CG) included 92 asthmatic children and adolescents receiving standard medical treatments. Patients were aged between 8 and 16 years and were predominantly male. The health-related quality of life was measured with the German version of the "Paediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire." Interviews were carried out for IG 2 weeks before the commencement of their inpatient stay and 1 year after their stay ended. The same time schedule was carried out for CG. All patients reported a mild to moderate impairment of their quality of life. Girls described a slightly lower quality of life than boys. With increasing asthma severity, quality of life decreased. Inpatients described a lower quality of life than CG at enrollment. Inpatient rehabilitation resulted in a greater improvement of quality of life over time for IG than for CG. Gender and severity status had no effect on this time course. The only modestly affected quality of life may reflect the good adaptation to the disease and medical treatment. Children and adolescents in the IG recorded improvements in their quality of life. Differences in quality of life based on gender and disease severity were not shown to influence the improvements. In summary, inpatient rehabilitation results in an improvement of health-related quality of life. Further research concerning the psychosocial situation of children and adolescents in this setting is needed Y1 - 2004 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Warschburger, Petra A1 - Buchholz, H. T. A1 - von Schwerin, A.-D. A1 - Petermann, Franz T1 - Psychological adjustment in parents of young children with atopic dermatitis : which factors predict parental quality of life? N2 - Background Bringing up children with atopic dermatitis (AD) is widely perceived as being stressful because parenting demands considerable time and energy. There have been only a few studies to assess the extent of problems experienced by the parents. Objective To assess the psychosocial well-being of parents caring for a young child with AD and to examine the relationship between parental quality of life and disease-related and sociodemographic variables. Methods One hundred and eighty-seven parents of young children with AD attending an inpatient rehabilitation clinic participated in the study. At admission, parents completed a set of questionnaires (assessing health-related quality of life, coping with the disease, family functioning). Dermatologists assessed disease severity using the severity scoring of AD index (SCORAD). Results In general, parents cope well with their situation. Compared with normal values, high rates of psychological distress were observed in a subsample of parents of children with AD. Parents of children with a higher severity of disease reported a significantly higher impact on family functioning, a greater financial burden and a higher level of disease management. Parental disease management could be predicted by the familial situation, their personal well-being and the severity of disease of their child. Differences attributed to their child's gender or age were not observed. Conclusions Childhood AD has a profound impact on the emotional and social well-being of many of the parents. The results underline the importance of psychological treatment approaches designed to increase parental well-being and ability to cope with stress and social strain Y1 - 2004 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Warschburger, Petra A1 - Fromme, Carmen A1 - Petermann, Franz T1 - Conception and analysis of a weight-specific quality of life questionnaire for overweight and obese children and adolescents (GW-LQ-KJ) N2 - Obesity is associated with psychosocial strain and a lower quality of life. Health-related quality of life is an important indicator for evaluating intervention treatments. However, German disease-specific quality of life instruments are lacking. In this paper the development and psychometric results of a weight-specific quality of life questionnaire for overweight and obese children and adolescents (GQ-LQ-KJ) is described. To determine the psychometric properties of the instrument 448 children and adolescents treated for over-weight or obesity took part in the study. They filled in the quality of life questionnaire, the German version of the STAI for children, a body image avoidance questionnaire (BIAQ) and several subscales of a generic quality of life questionnaire, the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ). Results support the item and scale properties. Furthermore we were able to form two economic parallel versions suitable for further intervention studies Y1 - 2005 SN - 1431-8172 ER -