The Quality of Life of Children with Precocious Puberty and Healthy Children in Turkey

TURAN>, Ahu Pınar; Akça, Selen Özakar

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“…Precocious puberty will lead to early bone age development of children, early closure of epiphysis, and shortened growth period. The final height of adults will be affected, and serious cases will lead to dwarfism; Precocious puberty can lead to secondary sexual symptoms in children, even menstrual cramps; Premature puberty also increases the risk of cancer [ 10 , 11 ]. Foreign studies have pointed out that girls with precocious puberty will increase the risk of breast cancer and uterine cancer; In addition, from the perspective of social psychology, changes in mentality caused by sexual development will increase the psychological burden of children, and even cause social problems such as early sexual behavior of children or juvenile sexual crimes [ 12 ].…”

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Analysis of risk factors of precocious puberty in children

Dong,

Dai,

Dong

et al. 2023

BMC Pediatr

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Background The purpose of this study is to explore the related factors of precocious puberty in children. Methods 1239 children who underwent physical examination in our hospital from January 2020 to December 2022 were analyzed, including 198 precocious children and 1041 normal children. According to the age of 198 precocious children and 1041 normal children, 205 normal children were selected, and the remaining 836 normal children were excluded. They were divided into precocious group and normal group. The general data of the two groups were recorded. Logistic regression was used to analyze the influencing factors of precocious puberty in children. Results There were statistically significant differences (P < 0.05) between the two groups in sex, bone age, daily exercise time, E2, FSH, LH, leptin, mother’s menarche time, living environment, consumption of nutritional supplements, consumption of foods containing pigments and preservatives, consumption of high-protein foods, and sleeping time. The multifactor logistic regression analysis shows that the risk factors of children’s precocious puberty included gender (female), bone age (> 10 years old), and daily exercise time (< 0.9 h), E2 (≥ 66.00pmol/L), FSH (≥ 6.00U/L), LH (≥ 3.50U/L), leptin (≥ 8.00 µ G/L), mother’s menarche time (< 12 years old), living environment (chemical industry zone), consumption of nutritional supplements (often), consumption of high-protein food (often), and sleep time (< 10 h). Conclusion In conclusion, children’s gender, bone age, exercise habits, E2, FSH, LH, leptin, mother’s menarche time, living environment, eating habits, sleep time and other factors are closely related to precocious puberty in children. Reminding parents to actively prevent related factors in clinical work is helpful to prevent the occurrence of precocious puberty in children.

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Analysis of risk factors of precocious puberty in children

Dong,

Dai,

Dong

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BMC Pediatr

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“… This study showed that timely communication, temporary reduction of working hours, and flexible work schedule are often some of the nonmonetary incentives that hospitals may adopt to increase staff motivation. Healthcare systems must take effective steps to make patients and health workers more satisfied and to improve the level of health services and care [14][15][16][17][18][19].…”

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“…It has been reported that, particularly in diseases that require follow-ups and frequent hospital admissions, impairment of quality of life is higher [12]. In a previous study, it was shown that cases diagnosed with early puberty have lower quality of life scores than healthy control group [13].…”

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Early puberty paradox: an investigation of anxiety levels of mothers and children, children’s quality of life, and psychiatric diagnoses

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PurposeEarly puberty signs lead to an increase in anxiety levels of parents and children. The aim of this study was to investigate the quality of life and anxiety levels of girls and their mothers who were admitted to a pediatric endocrinology clinic with concerns about early puberty. MethodsGirls and their mothers who were admitted to endocrinology outpatient clinic with concerns about early puberty were compared to healthy control group. Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders-Parent form (SCARED), Quality of Life for Children Scale-parent form (PedsQL) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were administered to the mothers. Children were evaluated with the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children (Kiddie-SADS Lifetime Version) (K-SADS-PL). ResultsThe study sample consisted of 92 girls, 62 of them administered to clinic with concerns about early puberty. There were 30 girls in early puberty group (Group 1), 32 girls in the normal development group (Group 2) and 30 were in the healthy control group (Group 3). The anxiety level of Group 1 and Group 2 was signi cantly higher and their quality of life was signi cantly lower when compared to Group 3 (p < 0,001). Mother's anxiety level was found signi cantly higher in Group 2 (p < 0,001). It has shown that, anxiety level and quality of life of children was associated with anxiety level of mothers and the current Tanner stage (r spearman = 0.302, p < 0.005). CONCLUSIONMothers and children who have concerns about early puberty are negatively affected when early puberty is a possibility. For this reason, educating parents will prevent negative impacts of this situation on children. At the same time, it will decrease health burden. What Is Known?Early adolescence is one of the most common reasons for admission to pediatric endocrinology outpatient clinics. It is known that increasing early adolescence anxiety in the society causes cost and time losses in the eld of health. However, studies investigating the reasons for this result are limited in the literature.What's New?The level of anxiety increased signi cantly in girls with suspected precocious puberty and their mothers, and their quality of life was affected.

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The Quality of Life of Children with Precocious Puberty and Healthy Children in Turkey

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