Emotional state, cognitive functioning and quality of life of adult women with Turner syndrome in Lithuania

The aim was to analyze emotional state, cognitive functioning and quality of life (QoL) of adult women with Turner syndrome (TS) in Lithuania. Of all invited adult TS patients from Lithuanian TS database (n = 150), 68 (age 18–60, average 30.2 ± 9.0 years) agreed and were recruited for the study, as...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Growth hormone & IGF research 2019-04, Vol.45, p.37-42
Hauptverfasser:	Lašaitė, L., Krikščiūnienė, R., Žilaitienė, B., Verkauskienė, R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Adult patients Case-Control Studies Cognition Disorders - epidemiology Cognition Disorders - psychology Cognitive functioning Depression - epidemiology Depression - psychology Emotional state Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Incidence Lithuania - epidemiology Middle Aged Prognosis Quality of Life Turner syndrome Turner Syndrome - physiopathology Turner Syndrome - psychology Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	The aim was to analyze emotional state, cognitive functioning and quality of life (QoL) of adult women with Turner syndrome (TS) in Lithuania. Of all invited adult TS patients from Lithuanian TS database (n = 150), 68 (age 18–60, average 30.2 ± 9.0 years) agreed and were recruited for the study, as well as 68 age-matched healthy control women. Emotional state was evaluated by Profile of Mood States (POMS) questionnaire, cognitive functioning by Trail Making Test and Digit Span Test (DST) of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, and QoL by WHO Brief Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHO QoL). Patients with TS were of a significantly shorter stature (p
ISSN:	1096-6374 1532-2238
DOI:	10.1016/j.ghir.2019.03.001