TY - JOUR
T1 - Sharing kidney stories: ‘Partnership working’ brought to life at a family involvement event
AU - Davis, Cara
AU - King, Georgia
AU - Gibb, Susannah
AU - Reynolds, Sara
AU - Dudley, Jan
AU - Inward, Carol
AU - Velleman, Sophie
PY - 2020/3/31
Y1 - 2020/3/31
N2 - Having a chronic kidney disease (CKD) can have a considerable impact on the lives of children and young people (CYP) with the disease and those of their families.1–3 Impaired physical growth and difficulties of psychosocial adjustment can impair quality of life, with some CYP experiencing depression and adjustment disorders.4 Professionals working with CYP with CKD recognise these can report difficulties with low mood, anxiety, body image, friendships, schooling, loneliness, isolation, pain and fatigue, as well as existential thoughts of ‘Why me?’.
AB - Having a chronic kidney disease (CKD) can have a considerable impact on the lives of children and young people (CYP) with the disease and those of their families.1–3 Impaired physical growth and difficulties of psychosocial adjustment can impair quality of life, with some CYP experiencing depression and adjustment disorders.4 Professionals working with CYP with CKD recognise these can report difficulties with low mood, anxiety, body image, friendships, schooling, loneliness, isolation, pain and fatigue, as well as existential thoughts of ‘Why me?’.
M3 - Article
SN - 1365-5604
VL - 25
SP - 9
EP - 13
JO - British Journal of Renal Medicine
JF - British Journal of Renal Medicine
IS - 1
ER -