Self-concept before and after two years of growth hormone treatment in intrauterine growth-retarded children.

摘要: The objective of this study was to assess self-concept in children with short stature after intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), before and 2 years hormone (hGH) treatment. We assessed 25 treatment, 40 a 2-year treatment period. Seventeen the whom we had pretreatment data, were reassessed hGH All birth length below 3rd percentile, did not show catch-up (current height < P3). compared measures (Self-Perception Profile for Children; SPPC) IUGR group similar Dutch school sample. Four six SPPC mean scale scores prior significantly lower than Mean-scale children, differ from those In 17 who as well 'social acceptance' 'general self-worth' higher at second assessment (t = -5.93, p 0.001 t -4.36, 0.001, respectively). From present can hypothesize that low are related.