In Australia the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) is administered at 2, 4 and 6 months of age, with no booster dose. ...

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

The behavioral phenotype of neurogenetic disorders associated with intellectual disability often includes psychiatric comorbidity. The objectives of this systematic review and meta-analysis were to systematically review the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and symptoms in children and adolescents ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• September 2020

Gastrostomy was associated with health benefits including reduced all-cause and epilepsy hospitalizations, but was not protective against acute LRTI ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• February 2020

Whilst gastrostomy insertion was associated with lower survival rates than children without gastrostomy, survival improved with time ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• July 2020

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

Individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) often have excessive daytime sleepiness and emotional/behavioral disturbances. The objective of this study was to examine whether daytime sleepiness was associated with these emotional/behavioral problems, independent of nighttime sleep-disordered breathing, or the duration of sleep. ...

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

We evaluated family satisfaction following spinal fusion in girls with Rett syndrome ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• January 2016

CDKL5 deficiency disorder (CDD) results in early-onset seizures and severe developmental impairments. A CDD clinical severity assessment (CCSA) was previously developed with clinician and parent-report items to capture information on a range of domains. ...

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

Presence of bacterial otopathogen in the middle ear during ventilation tube insertion was a predictor of children at-risk of repeat ventilation tube insertion ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• February 2020

This paper demonstrated that the evolution of sleep problems differed between subgroups of girls and women with Rett syndrome, in part explained by age and... ...

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

Gastrostomy assisted the management of feeding difficulties and poor weight gain, and was acceptable to families ...

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

People with intellectual disabilities are at a higher risk for experiencing behavioral, emotional, and psychiatric problems in comparison with the general... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2015
• May 2015