The impact of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Epidemiology, disease activity and quality of life

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Stellingen behorende bij het proefschrift van HJ van der Zaag-Loonen

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List of abbreviations

General Introduction

Contents

Introduction

Part I Epidemiology

Chapter 1.1. The Incidence of Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Netherlands: 1999-2001

Part II Disease Activity

Chapter 2.1. Assessing Activity of Paediatric Crohn's Disease: Which Index to Use?

Chapter 2.2. A Critical Assessment of Items on the Paediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (PCDAI)

Part III Quality of Life: Methodology

Chapter 3.1. Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life of Paediatric Patients (editorial)

Chapter 3.2. An International Comparison of the Impact and Modified Impact to Measure Quality of Life in Paediatric IBD

Chapter 3.3. Measuring Quality of Life in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The Impact-II (NL)

Chapter 3.4. A Comparison of Likert Scale and Visual Analogue Scales in Children

Part IV Quality of Life: Different Perspectives

Chapter 4.1. Paediatricians Overestimate the Importance of Physical Symptoms upon Children's Health Concerns

Chapter 4.2. Are Parents Able to Rate the Symptoms and Quality of Life of their Offspring with IBD?

Chapter 4.3. Health-Related Quality of Life of Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Measured by a Generic and a Disease specific Questionnaire

Chapter 4.4. Coping Strategies and Quality of Life of Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

General Discussion and Summary

Summary

Nederlandse Samenvatting

Appendix I The Impact-II (NL)-dutch

Appendix II The Impact-II (UK)-english

Dankwoord

Curriculum Vitae

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