Citation

Ayadi H, Cherif L, Hadjkacem I, Kammoun W, Khemakhem K, Khemekhem S, Moalla Y, Kammoun T, Hachicha M, Ghribi F. Iran J. Pediatr. 2018; 28(6): e4617.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Deartment of Pediatrics and Growth and Development Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences)

DOI

10.5812/ijp.4617

PMID

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess self-esteem in children and adolescents with growth hormone deficiency and to establish the factors influencing self-esteem in children and adolescents with growth hormone deficiency.This cross-sectional study was carried out on 26 children and adolescents, aged 8 to 18, with a total growth hormone deficiency. The Cooper Smith self-esteem inventory was used in this study.Patients with growth hormone deficiency had low self-esteem in more than 50% of the cases. Among the studied factors influencing the self-esteem, such as school performance, disturbance in parent-child and peers-child relationships, perceived by parents, and parents' acceptance of the illness, there was a correlation in most of the subscales.Growth hormone impaired children and adolescents require psychological counseling and comprehensive care.

Language: en