Factors influencing quality of life and disease severity in Hungarian children and young adults with cystic fibrosis.

Background: The aim of our study was to evaluate factors affecting cystic fibrosis (CF) patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and to assess the level of agreement on HRQol between children and their parents.

Methods: Fifty-nine patients (mean age: 14.03 ± 4.

[Quality of life in Hungarian patients with cystic fibrosis].

Introduction: Cystic fibrosis is a progressive multisystemic disease which affects the quality of life of patients.

Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate quality of life in Hungarian patients with cystic fibrosis.

Methods: Validated Hungarian translation of The Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire - Revised was used to measure quality of life.

Bone mineral density and bone acquisition in children and young adults with cystic fibrosis: a follow-up study.

Objective: To investigate bone mineral density and bone homeostasis in cystic fibrosis (CF) and to assess changes in a 2-year period.

Methods: Thirty-eight patients with clinically stable CF (11 children, 16 adolescents, 11 young adults) were enrolled. No patient was treated with corticosteroids before or during the study.