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Irish Child Health Database - Peer Reviewed Papers

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How to use this database.

• Method 1- uses a free natural language approach.

  After choosing the object of the search – by ticking title, abstract, aims and objective, or author - enter a term, word or name in the ‘Search’ box to return references answering your research question.

• Method 2 - utilises key words.

  Those key words assigned from thesauruses of controlled vocabulary by the trained coders of international bibliographic databases.
  The controlled vocabularies key word are listed alphanumerically under 'Bibliographic database keywords' .
  Use the drop down menu to identity which 'key words' you are interested in to return references to answer your research question.

• Method 3 - is based on the indexing system

  developed by the researchers who compiled this database.
  It adopts a thematic approach to mapping Irish child health research. The themed areas represent outcomes mapped to the International Classification of Disease version 10 (ICD-10) or one of 23 other health-related themed outcomes. Themes are defined in Tables 5 to 7 (of the study report).
  Use the alphabetic drop down menu under ‘ICD-10 or themed health-related outcomes’ to identity which themed areas you are interested in to select references to answer your research question.

• Method 4 – allows papers to be searched by Study type.

  Indexing by study type offers a valuable insight into understanding the population impact of the topic of interest. More than 20 study types were identified across the 2,152 study papers. These are defined in Table 3 (of the study report). Within 'Study type' papers are further stratification by geographical region (Table 49), topic area of interest and study aims and objectives.
  Click on 'Study type' to select the type of study of interest, progressively select sub-categories by topic area or other sub-classification of interest to answer your research question.

The complete background, methods and findings from this mapping exercise are detailed in the study report.

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Your search returns 3 documents

• 1.   Health status of children with cerebral palsy living in Europe: a multi-centre study

  This aim of this study was to describe the health status of 8-12-year-old children with cerebral palsy of all severities in Europe using the Child Health Questionnaire

  

  Abstract:

  Aim The aim of this report is to describe the health status of 8-12-year-old children with cerebral palsy (CP) of all severities in Europe using the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ). Method A total of 818 children with CP from nine centres in defined geographical areas participated. CP type, gross and fine motor function, additional impairments were classified and family data were more...

  International Classification:

  Diseases of the nervous system - Cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes - cerebral palsy

  Categories:

  health status; cerebral palsy

  Geography:

  International

  Child: Care, Health & Development, Vol: 34 Page: 806-814 2008
  E. Beckung; M. White-Koning; M. Marcelli; V. McManus; S. Michelsen; J. Parkes; K. Parkinson; U. Thyen; C. Arnaud; J. Fauconnier; A. Colver

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• 2.   Is infant growth changing?

  The aim of this study was to examine infant weight gain over a ten year period

  

  Abstract:

  Weight gain between birth and 9 months of 12 903 term Millennium Cohort Study infants was investigated in order to determine differences according to sex, ethnicity and country of birth. The standardised weights and weight gains were also compared with a cohort of mainly white infants born 10 years earlier to determine whether weight gain has changed over the last decade. There were more...

  International Classification:

  Other - Anthropometry-infant weight

  Categories:

  infant weight gain

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Int J Obes (Lond), Vol: 30 Page: 1094-6 July 2006
  A. R. Tate; C. Dezateux; T. J. Cole

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• 3.   Randomized, controlled trial of dexamethasone in neonatal chronic lung disease: 13- to 17-year follow-up study: II. Respiratory status, growth, and blood pressure

  The aim of this study was to assess the growth, health status, and respiratory outcomes at 13 to 17 years of infants enrolled in a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial of dexamethasone for the treatment of neonatal chronic lung disease

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVES: To study the growth, health status, and respiratory outcomes at 13 to 17 years of infants enrolled in a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial of dexamethasone for the treatment of neonatal chronic lung disease. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 287 infants who were chronically dependent on supplementary oxygen between 2 and 12 weeks of age were recruited from 31 centers in 6 more...

  International Classification:

  Evaluation of the effectiveness of treatments - neonatal chronic lung

  Categories:

  treatment of neonatal chronic lung disease

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

  Pediatrics, Vol: 116 Page: 379-84 August 2005
  R. A. Jones

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