Food-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents With Crohn's Disease.
Stephanie Christine BrownKevin WhelanChris FramptonCatherine L WallRichard B GearryAndrew S DayPublished in: Inflammatory bowel diseases (2022)
FRQoL is impaired in children with CD. Healthy siblings also have poorer FRQoL than control subjects. Several clinical factors are associated with poorer FRQoL in children with CD including age and level of nutritional risk (weight, height, and body mass index). Further research is required validate these findings and to develop strategies for the prevention or treatment of impaired FRQoL in children with CD.