The impact of chronic illness on physical development

Question 1

Who (2003)

Answer 1

Children with a CI are physically smaller and have less muscle mass than their peers due to time spent in hospital beds

Question 2

Groll et al (2005)

Answer 2

Poor nutrition as a result of illness leads to poorer physical growth

Question 3

Palmer, Pratt and Goodway (2017)

Answer 3

Conducted a systematic revview on play therapy for young children with chronic illness
Can be a good way to help children exercise and combat obesity - for example in children with diabetes

Question 4

Braam et al (2016)

Answer 4

Reviewed the effectiveness of exercise interventions for children with leukaemia
Small improvements in body composition, flexability, cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength and quality of life were found
Research was often poorly designed or had few participants
No research on the mechanisms for change in exercise interventions so more research is needed

Question 5

Crandell et al (2018)

Answer 5

Parental warmth and parental structure both improved physical functioning in children with chronic physical illness
Parental rejection, chaos and coersion were related to decreases in physical functioning