Self-reported health, self-management, and the impact of living with inflammatory bowel disease during adolescence.

Perceptions of living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) during adolescence were explored in a cross-sectional study with a multimethod design. The adolescents as a group described general well-being and ability to handle the disease, which was related to their self-reported self-esteem. However, a subgroup of adolescents with a severe disease course reported a more negative view of the impact of IBD in their daily lives.

Parents' views of their child's health and family function in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore parents' views and agreement of their child's current and future health, as well as the family's functioning in daily life with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Methods: In this study, 119 parents (65 mothers and 54 fathers) of 66 adolescents (11-16 years) with IBD completed a questionnaire regarding their views of their child's IBD and health-related behaviour.

Results: The majority of the parents held a positive view of their child's current health status.

Inflammatory bowel disease and self-esteem in adolescence.

Aim: To compare the self-esteem of adolescents suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with that of healthy adolescents, and to identify factors affecting self-esteem in the presence of IBD.

Methods: A self-assessment questionnaire, 'I think I am' (ITIA), was completed by 71 (41 boys) out of 77 adolescents (10-16 years) with IBD. Of the participating adolescents, 23 had Crohn's disease, 44 had ulcerative colitis and 4 had indeterminate colitis.

Adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease feel ambivalent towards their parents' concern for them.

This is a grounded theory study to identify concepts for describing how adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) respond to their parents' concern for them. Ten adolescent boys and seven girls were interviewed. In the analysis four main categories emerged: ambivalence, ability/inability, compliance/resistance and trust/distrust.