[Self-evaluation of the quality of life of children aged 6 to 12 years old: construction and first steps in the validation of kidlQol, a generic computer-based tool].

The KidlQol is a self-evaluation computer-based instrument to assess the quality of life of children aged 6 to 12 years old. This self-evaluation comprises three areas of their subjective quality of life: physical, psychological and social. A computer-assisted tool, composed of 62 items, was developed and set up based upon the results from the evaluation of the initial prototype tool which underwent a series validation steps, tested among children with and without psychological problems.

[Self-evaluation of the quality of life of children aged 6 to 12 years old: analysis of the concept and development of a prototype tool].

The objective of this work was to assess the quality of life of children aged 6 to 12 years old. The authors present the different conceptual and operational steps which lead to the construction of a prototype tool. It was a generic tool composed of 63 items which covered the classically described areas of life.

[Social and demographic characteristics and perinatal risks for highly deprived mothers].

Objective: To assess the frequency of deprivation in pregnant women and estimate the associated medical risks.

Material: and methods. A retrospective study of the hospital's computerised data (6149 women) and two prospective studies with health staff (n=534) and social workers (n=85) in two maternity hospitals.

[Pregnancy and labor of women born in Maghreb and Black Africa followed to delivery at the Maternity Hospital of Toulouse].

Objective: To identify risk factors related to maternal ethnic origin.

Methods: Retrospective review of 5808 cases of French, Maghrebian and Black African women who delivered between 1988 and 1994 at the Maternity of La Grave Hospital in Toulouse.

Results: Pathological pregnancies were more frequent (60% vs 45%), specifically anemia OR = 10.