This study used densitometry to investigate the areal bone mineral density (aBMD) and bone mineral content (BMC) in an Australian Rett syndrome cohort... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2011
• April 2011

Variation over time in medical conditions and health service utilization of children with Down syndrome. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2011
• February 2011

Children with mental health disorders have lower physical activity levels compared to their peers; however, minimal research has been conducted to date to understand their unique experiences of physical activity. We sought to better understand these experiences, along with contributing factors, through interviews with children with mental health disorders and their parents/guardians. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• October 2021

ASD, in the context of prenatal maternal stress exposure, may be associated with a more severe phenotype, particularly when there are multiple prenatal exposures ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• November 2017

Invasive group A streptococcal disease in children includes deep soft tissue infection, bacteraemia, bacteraemic pneumonia, meningitis and osteomyelitis ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• November 2014

Australian energy drink users tend to have heavier alcohol consumption patterns be a cigarette smoker and use illicit drugs relative to non-users. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• September 2013

Neuromuscular disorders can lead to nocturnal hypoventilation. Accurate diagnosis of hypoventilation is imperative to guide treatment decisions. This study determined interobserver agreement for a number of definitions of nocturnal hypoventilation in children and adolescents with neuromuscular disorders. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• December 2023

Satisfactory content validity is reported, where ongoing consumer feedback shaped the dataset from which the final items were selected ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• October 2019

Data on asymptomatic identification rates of respiratory viruses are limited, particularly in Indigenous populations, who suffer a high burden of OM. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2010
• June 2010

Many children with intellectual disability live with medical comorbidities. This study examined the impacts of comorbidities on quality of life (QOL) of children with intellectual disabilities and whether impacts varied with caregiver perceptions that medical needs had been met. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• April 2021

The aim of this study was to devise an evidence-based missing data rule for the Quality of Life Inventory-Disability (QI-Disability) questionnaire specifying how many missing items are permissible for domain and total scores to be calculated using simple imputation. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• August 2022

Initial evaluation suggests that QI-Disability is a reliable and valid measure of quality of life across the spectrum of intellectual disability ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• March 2019